dignity

fat man lookin' in a blade of steel

thin man lookin' at his last meal

hollow man lookin' in a cotton field

for dignity

wise man lookin' in a blade of grass

young man lookin' in the shadows that pass

poor man lookin' through painted glass

for dignity

somebody got murdered on new year's eve

somebody said dignity was the first to leave

i went into the city

went into the town

went into the land of the midnight sun

searchin' high

searchin' low

searchin' everywhere i know

askin' the cops wherever i go

have you seen dignity?

blind man breakin' out of a trance

puts both his hands in the pockets of chance

hopin' to find one circumstance

of dignity

i went to the wedding of mary lou

she said

i don't want nobody see me talkin' to you"