I've become a glad man singing a song
About a soldier wanting food and fallen angel
Naked as a fish at night
About a sad man climbed up a willow bough
And the cops are on the fence around the dog in the manger
And the mouth of the river is wide
Wide . . .
I've become a glad man singing a song
About the bushes by the gas pump gone to flower
And a constant star collides
About a sad man singing they forgotten how
And the baby quit sucking when the milk went sour
And the mouth of the river is wide
Wide . . .
About a sad man lost in the hammock sway
When the bridal gown came on and spit out the window
And the cops say the dog won't bite
And the sad man's saying they've forgotten when
And the blood running black in the valley shadows
And the river running all the while
Yeah I've become a glad man singing a song
About a lover rolled over, said you must be tired
And the truth coming towards the light
About a sad man knocking on a chapel door
And a burned out boat called "Tried by Fire"
And the mouth of the river is wide
Wide . . .
This is what I hear:
I've become a glad man singing a song About a soldier wanting food and fallen angel Naked as a fish at night About a sad man climbed up a willow bough And the cops are on the fence around the dog in the manger And the mouth of the river is wide Wide . . .
I've become a glad man singing a song About the bushes by the gas pump gone to flower And a constant star collides About a sad man singing they forgotten how And the baby quit sucking when the milk went sour And the mouth of the river is wide Wide . . .
About a sad man lost in the hammock sway When the bridal gown came on and spit out the window And the cops say the dog won't bite And the sad man's saying they've forgotten when And the blood running black in the valley shadows And the river running all the while
Yeah I've become a glad man singing a song About a lover rolled over, said you must be tired And the truth coming towards the light About a sad man knocking on a chapel door And a burned out boat called "Tried by Fire" And the mouth of the river is wide Wide . . .
Pretty sure it's "Yonder come," not "I've become."
Pretty sure it's "Yonder come," not "I've become."
Yonder come is right. I also think it's "soldier worn a boot"...it would keep with the thematic usage of the colloquial past tense.
Yonder come is right. I also think it's "soldier worn a boot"...it would keep with the thematic usage of the colloquial past tense.