you and i up against the world your moneys on them leaving me to fend for my own you just wait for the ko plug me into that life support singing me flat lines hear it call the ring here i come dead on arrival well heaven be waiting to take me out what happened to showing me some mercy cause all that i am and all that i can be is a man not knowing what i am up against pull me out of this rut im in im digging six feet down im gonna make a mark if it means feeding the earth from which i came well heaven be waiting to take me out what happened to showing me some mercy cause all that i am and all that i can be is a man not knowing what i am up against this town feeling like this is our routine of life i feel that eye zeroing on me knew it then know it now hasnt changed it never will im just a man dont know who i am you and i up against the world down for the count could it be that weve lost a nerve or simply unable well heaven be waiting to take me out what happened to showing me some mercy cause all that i am and all that i can be is a man not knowing what i am up against this town feeling like this is our routine of life i feel that eye zeroing on me knew it then know it now hasnt changed it never will im just a man dont know who i am up against