Intro: 

                                                               
There's a [bad word] dealer selling to your children everyday

                                      
He's rotten evil, but he ain't nobody's fool

                     
He's dealin' death and livin' high

                   
Off your hard-earned pay, 

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

                                    
Why should children, why should women be abused

                                                        
There's so precious few among us walking in the Savior's shoes

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues



                                              
We've got to stamp out hunger all around the planet Earth

                               
We've got to be our weapons in the clouds

                     
We've got to ban these bombs I say, 

                     
We've got to save our lives

                       
We've got to do it all startin' now

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

                                     
Why the farmer and his crops we're saving too

                                                
So every workin' stiff across this land won't have to lose

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues



                                      
The first Americans were the riskiest human beings

                                                         
They saved us all that first Thanksgiving Day

                                              
Like the older folks behind, walkin' in the welfare line

                                       
Their trail of tears grows longer by the way

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

                         
Why should any human being be abused

                                                   
There's so precious few among us walking in the Savior's shoes

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

                                  
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues.

Outro: