Dignity (Piano Demo from 'Oh Mercy')

Fat man looking into shining steel Thin man looking at his last meal Hollow man looking in a cottonfield For dignity Wise man looking in a blade of grass Young man looking in the shadows that pass Poor man looking through painted glass For dignity Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve Somebody said dignity was the last to leave Went into the cities, went into the towns To the land of the midnight sun Searching high, searching low Searching everywhere I know Asking the cops wherever I go Have you seen dignity? Blind man breaking out of a trance Puts both his hands into the pockets of chance Hoping to find one circumstance Of dignity Stranger stares down into the light From a platinum window in the Mexican night Searching every bloodsucking thing in sight For dignity I went down where the vultures feed Would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men It all sounded no different to me Soul of a nation is under the knife Death is standing in the doorway of life In the next room a man fighting with his wife Over dignity