On the blind side and down the back ways
The roots of sadness crawl,
When you can`t get what you need
You feel like taking a torch to it all
All the sweet talk makes a bitter man
You can feel the darkness rise
Sometimes you don`t know what you`re fighting for
You don`t know who it is you despise.
I am the Halleluiah Man
Break all the rules I`m the King of fools
I`m the renegade in this greytown
And I`ll do anything to bring a government down
I am the Halleluiah Man
Yes my friends I`ve been born again
I`m the black sheep who while shepherds sleep
Will do anything to bring a government down
In a coat of a thousand colours
and a star spangled Cadillac
He picked up a rodeo queen
with whiplash marks all over his back
When dreams don`t become their people
People become their dreams
He didn`t understand at the time
But now he knows exactly what it means
I am the Halleluiah Man
Break all the rules I`m the King of fools
I`m the renegade in this greytown
And I`ll do anything to bring a government down
I am the Halleluiah Man
Yes my friends I`ve been born again
I`m the black sheep who while shepherds sleep
Will do anything to bring a government down
They said watch out boy be careful where you tread
You`re throwing away all that beautiful bread
He slept outside until the world opened up
They`ve got to understand he`s a Halleluiah Man
He says I am the Halleluiah Man
And I`ll do anything to bring a government down
He built himself a prison
He knew he had to escape
Some worlds are held together by steel
Some worlds are held together by sellotape