Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield
For dignity

Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass
For dignity

Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Went into the land of the midnight sun

Searchin' high, searchin' low
Searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go
Have you seen dignity?

Blind man breakin' out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance
Of dignity

I went to the wedding of Mary-lou
She said don't want nobody see me talkin' to you?
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity

I went down where the vultures feed
I would've got deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn't any difference to me

Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?

Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years
For dignity

Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity

Footprints runnin' cross the sliver sand
Steps goin' down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair

Got no place to fade, got no coat
I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity

Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
for dignity

Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams

So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity

Un ciego saliendo de un trance
Mete las manos en los bolsillos del azar
Esperando encontrar un atisbo de
Dignidad

Fui a la boda de Mary-Lou
Ella me dijo: "No quiero que nadie me vea hablando contigo".
Me dijo que podían matarla si me contara lo que sabía
Sobre la dignidad.

El viento helado corta como una cuchilla de afeitar.
La casa está en llamas, las deudas por pagar.
Voy a asomarme a la ventana y preguntar a la camarera:
"¿Has encontrado dignidad?"

Un bebedor escucha la voz que oye
En una habitación abarrotada llena de espejos tapados
Busca en los años perdidos y olvidados
Dignidad.

Un enfermo busca la cura del médico,
Buscando en lo que fueron las líneas de sus manos
Y en cada obra maestra de la literatura
Dignidad.

Un inglés varado en el viento asolador,
Peinándose hacia atrás, su futuro no es boyante,
Muerde la bala y busca en su interior
Dignidad.

Alguien me enseñó una foto y me reí,
La dignidad nunca ha sido fotografiada.
Estuve en números rojos, y luego tuve saldo,
Entré en el valle de los sueños de hueso seco.

Tantas carreteras, tanto en juego,
Tantos callejones sin salida, estoy en la orilla del lago.
A veces me pregunto cuánto va a costar
Encontrar dignidad.

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