Man In The Long Black Coat

Crickets are chirpin' the water is high

There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry

Windows wide open African trees

Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze

Not a word of goodbye not even a note

Shes gone with the man in the long black coat


Somebody seen him hangin around

At the old dance hall on the out skirts of town

He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask

If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask

Someone said from the Bible he'd quote

There was dust on the man with the long black coat


There are no mistakes in life some people say

Its true sometimes you can see it that way

But people don't live or die people just float

She went with the man in the long black coat


Preacher was a talkin' theres a sermon he gave

He said every mans conscience is vile and depraved

You can not depend on it to be your guide

When it's you who must keep it satisfied

It aint easy to swallow it sticks in the throat

She gave her heart to the man in the long black coat


Theres smoke on the water its been there since June

Tree trunks uprooted under the high crescent moon

Feel the pulse and vibration the rumbling force

Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse

She never said noting there was nothing she wrote

Shes gone with the man in the long black coat


There are no mistakes in life some people say

Its true sometimes you can see it that way

But people don't live or die people just float

She went with the man in the long black coat