Songtext Hanging man Greg Brown

Hanging man

Warren comes in singing
Bringing in the shoes
Summer's over and it's almost
Autumn's time

Bumper crapper kisses
Fakers all in breeze
Get the rhythm right
It can beat you to the raft

Oh my left is empty
But I got a 4 I have
Walking on air like a hanging man

A friend of mine, she told me
In this life you have a choice
You can either be a fool or
A thief

But I'm sitting here tonight
Listening to her voice
Backseat love brought us both to grief

She love the woman in me
Wanted me to do more things
Oh, walking on air like a hanging man

I was born a moon child
I hate how that's all true
Heart torn between the road and home

Sometimes it seems it's all set
We're just moving through
Some part of us stay so all alone

We think we're doing what we want to
We just doin what we can
Walking on air like a hanging man

I could hardly see you
In the backroom of the shack
Some down the razor cut, bleeding on the west

Our two confessions have left us on our backs
Two little birds chewing on your chest

Oh I wish I could have told you
So you could understand
I'm just walking on air like a hanging man

A little cup of whiskey
The old songs of the old
The road is leading me along shore
JB Lenore, cutting through the bone

Billy Holiday had open-door
Great souls are their only riches
In a world of shifting sand
Walking on air like a hanging man

Mary burns all night
With a rope hanging open
I can see their tender hearts
She tells me there ain't one thing

Don't wanna be like I was hoping
And all I can do is to play my part
Take a look at the darkness and slowly stand
Walking on air like a hanging man