Jacob oh Jacob, you travelled this world 'round 
 In good days and bad days you saw 
 But you never quite knew 
 What the Devil could do 
 To travel to Black Valley Falls 

 Your wife and your children, they looked up to you 
 'Till one day your daemons came by 
 Surrounded and left you with nothing to claim 
 But the title of Petrified Man 

 And now they say: 
 Petrified Man, Petrified Man 
 Won't live to hang 
 Can't stand for anything 
 Petrified Man, Petrified Man 
 Won't take a stand 
 Go look at your family now 
 Petrified Man 
 You'll never amount to nothing (?) 

 The sun rose and set with your only [bad word] love 
 But shadows devoured the land 
 The darkness has fallen, the sky's turned to grey 
 And they called you a Petrified Man 

 You sold all your days in the dirty coal mine 
 And now walk three miles to your door 
 What little did you think that your sweet Adalaid (?) 
 Which you never ever see no more 

 And now they say: 
 Petrified Man, Petrified Man 
 Won't live to hang 
 Can't stand for anything 
 Petrified Man, Petrified Man 
 Won't take a stand 
 Go look at your family now 
 Petrified Man 
 You'll never amount to nothing (?) 

 Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk with me 
 Into the fire, Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk with me 
 Into the fire, Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk with me 
 Into the fire, Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk with me 
 Into the fire, Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk with me 
 Into the fire, Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk with me 
 Into the fire, Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk with me 
 Into the fire, Glory be 
 Take my hand and walk.. 

 And now they say: 
 Petrified Man, Petrified Man 
 Won't live to hang 
 Can't stand for anything 
 Petrified Man, Petrified Man 
 Won't take a stand 
 Go look at your family now 
 Petrified Man 
 You'll never amount to nothing (?) 

 And now from the grove where the trees live in flow 
 And the laurels get sorry and unravel the tongue 
 No man left standing. You liberate them 
 For calling you Petrified Man