there s a drug dealer selling to your children everyday he s rotten evil but he ain t nobody s fool he s dealin death and livin high off your hard earned pay that s why the man in black sings the blues that s why the man in black sings the blues why should children why should women be abused there s so precious few among us walking in the savior s shoes that s why the man in black sings the blues we ve got to stamp out hunger all around the planet earth we ve got to be our weapons in the clouds we ve got to ban these bombs i say we ve got to save our lives we ve got to do it all startin now that s why the man in black sings the blues why the farmer and his crops we re saving too so every workin stiff across this land won t have to lose that s why the man in black sings the blues the first americans were the riskiest human beings they saved us all that first thanksgiving day like the older folks behind walkin in the welfare line their trail of tears grows longer by the way that s why the man in black sings the blues why should any human being be abused there s so precious few among us walking in the savior s shoes that s why the man in black sings the blues that s why the man in black sings the blues
['country rock', 'folk', 'outlaw country', 'roots americana', 'roots rock', 'singer-songwriter', 'texas country']