The Man's Too Strong (Remastered 1996)

I am just an aging drummer boy

And in the wars I used to play

And I've called the tune to many a torture session

Now they say I am a war criminal

And I'm fading away

Father, please hear my confession

I have legalized robbery

And called it relief

I have run with the money

I have hid like a thief

Rewritten histories with armies and my crooks

Invented memories

I did burn all the books

And I can still hear his laughter

And I can still hear his song

The man's too big

The man's too strong

Well, I've tried to be meek

I have tried to be mild

But I spat like a woman

And I sulked like a child

Hid behind walls that have made me alone

Striven for peace

Which I never have known

And I can still hear his laughter

And I can still hear his song

The man's too big

The man's too strong

Well, the sun rose on the courtyard

And we all did hear him say

"You always was a Judas,

But I got you anyway.

You may have got your silver

But I swear upon my life

Your sister gave me diamonds

And I gave 'em to your wife."

Oh father, please help me

For I have done wrong

The man's too big

The man's too strong