mister you're a better man than i

can you judge a man

by the way he wears his hair?

can you read his mind

by the clothes that he wears?

can you see a bad man

by the pattern on his tie?

well then

mr

you're a better man than i

yeah

mr

you're a better man than i

oh

mr

you're a better man than i

yeah

mr

you're a better man than i. could you tell a wise man

by the way he speaks or spells?

is this more important

than the stories that he tells?

and call a man a fool

if for wealth he doesn't strive?

well then

mr

you're a better man than i

yeah

mr

you're a better man than i

oh

mr

you're a better man than i

yeah

mr

you're a better man than i. can you condemn a man

if your faith he doesn't hold?

say the colour of his skin

is the colour of his soul?

could you say that men

for king and country all must die?

well

mr

you're a better man than i

yeah

mr

you're a better man than i

oh

mr

you're a better man than i

yeah

mr

you're a better man than i.