Man In Black
Johnny Cash
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Well, you Bwonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my Cback
And Ebwhy does my Bappearance seem to Ebhave a sombre Btone
Well, there's a Creason for the things that I have F7on
I Bwear the black for the poor and the beaten down
Living in the hopeless hungry side of Ctown
I Ebwear it for the Bprisoner who has Eblong paid for his Bcrime
But is Cthere because he's a victim of the F7times
I Bwear the black for those who've never read
Or listened to the words that Jesus Csaid
EbAbout the road to happiBness through Eblove and chariBty
Why, you'd Cthink He's talking straight to you and F7me
Well, we're Bdoing mighty fine I do suppose
In our streak of lightning cars and fancy Cclothes
But Ebjust so we're Breminded of the Ebones who are held Bback
Up Cfront there ought to be a man in F7black
I Bwear it for the sick and lonely old
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them Ccold
I Ebwear the black in Bmourning for the Eblives that could have Bbeen
Each Cweek we lose a hundred fine young F7men
And I Bwear it for the thousands who have died
Believing that the Lord was on their Cside
I Ebwear it for Banother hundred Ebthousand who have Bdied
CBelieving that we all were on their F7side
Well, there's Bthings that never will be right I know
And things need changing everywhere you Cgo
But Ebtill we start to Bmake a move to Ebmake a few things Bright
You'll Cnever see me wear a suit of F7white
Oh, I'd Blove to wear a rainbow every day
And tell the world that everything's oC-kay
But I'll Ebtry to carry Boff a little Ebdarkness on my bacBk
Till things are Cbrighter, F7I'm the man in Bblack