There’s an honest man I knownIn a welfare alliancenThere’s some stairs in the airnYou can call him a good friend of minenGood friend of minennHe was taken down by the man at his doornCloak of desperationnYeah got wrapped round his soulnWrapped round his soulnnSew him a coat of mailnMake it alright nSend him the wind to sail innSew him a coat of mailnCoat of mailnCoat of mailnCoat of mailnnI stood below your windownYou know some things I understandnOut in the world’s a strugglenEvery man needs a plannEvery man needs a plannnYou listen without wordsnYou know it's not everyone can seenAnd recognise your eyesnYeah they once belonged to menOnce belonged to mennSew him a coat of mailnMake it alright nSend him the wind to sail innSew him a coat of mailnCoat of mailnCoat of mailnCoat of mailnnYeah you walked the street at sunrisenNo matter where you turnnThere’s questions without answersnAnd they continue to burnnContinue nnIt’s a fine thread can keep you in this placenI see you’ve found yourself somethingnBecause its written on your facenWritten on your facennSew him a coat of mailnMake it alright nSend him the wind to sail innSew him a coat of mailnCoat of mailnCoat of mailnCoat of mail