Dignity
Robyn Hitchcock

Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield
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
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity

I went down where the vultures feed
I would've got deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn't any difference to me

Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?

Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years
For dignity

Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity

Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand
Steps goin' down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair

Got no place to fade, got no coat
I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity

Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
for dignity

Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams

So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity


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Lyrics by Robyn Hitchcock

  (a Man's Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs   1974   4th Time Around   52 Stations   A Globe Of Frogs (Electric Version)   A Skull, A Suitcase, And A Long Red Bottle Of Wine   A Skull, A Suitcase, And A Long Red Bottle…   Acid Bird   Adoration Of The City   Adventure Rocket Ship   Aether   Agony Of Pleasure (demo)   Airscape   All I Wanna Do Is Fall In Love   Alright Yeah   America   Ant Corridor   Antwoman   Antwoman (Dub)   Aquarium   Arms Of Love   August Hair   Autumn Is Your Last Chance   Autumn Sea   Baby Let Me Follow You Down   Ballad Of A Thin Man   Balloon Man   Bass   Be Still   Beautiful Girl   Beautiful Queen   Bells Of Rhymney   Birds In Perspex   Birds in Perspex [Andy Kershaw Session]   Birdshead   Blues In A   Brenda's Iron Sledge   Brenda's Iron Sledge   Bright Fresh Flower   Captain Dry   Cathedral   Chinese Bones   Clean Steve   Creeped Out   Cynthia Mask   Daisy Bomb   Dark Green Energy   Dark Princess   De Chirico Street   De Chirico Street [Andy Kershaw Session]   Demons & Fiends   Demons & Fiends   Desolation Row   Do Policemen Sing   Do Policemen Sing?   Don't You   Don't You   Driving Aloud (Radio Storm)   Eaten By Her Own Dinner   Egyptian Cream   Eight Miles High   Elizabeth Jade   Elizabeth Jade [Andy Kershaw Session]   English Girl   Everybody Needs Love   Executioner Of Love   Falling Leaves   Fiend Before The Shrine   Flanagan's Song   Flanagan's Song   Flavour Of Night   Flesh Cartoons   Freeze   Full Moon In My Soul   Furry Green Atom Bowl   Ghost Of Light   Ghost Ship   Give Me A Spanner, Ralph   Glass Hotel   Globe Of Frogs (acoustic)   Globe Of Frogs {acoustic}   Goodnight Oslo   Gran   Heaven   Heliotrope   Heliotrope [Mark Radcliffe Session]   How Do You Work This Thing?   Hurry For The Sky   I Am Not Me   I Don't Believe You   I Feel Beautiful   I Got A Message For You   I Often Dream Of Trains   I Saw Nick Drake   I Saw Nick Drake [Andy Kershaw Session]   I Used To Love You   I Used To Say I Love You   I Watch The Cars   I Wish I Liked You   I'm Only You   I'm Only You   Idonia   If I Could Look   If You Go Away   If You Know Time   If You Were A Priest   It Was The Night   It's A Mystic Trip   It's All Over Now, Baby Blue   It's A Mystic Trip   It's All Over Now, Baby Blue   Jewels For Sophia   Jewels for Sophia [Andy Kershaw Session]   Judas Sings (Jesus & Me)   Judas Sings (Jesus & Me)   Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues   Keep Finding Me   Keeping Still   Kingdom Of Love   Lady Waters And The Hooded One   Legalized Murder   Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat   Let There Be More Darkness   Let's Go Thundering   Let's Go Thundering   Like A Rolling Stone   Linctus House   Listening To The Higsons   Love   Luminous Rose   Madonna Of The Wasps   Madonna of the Wasps [Andy Kershaw Session]   Man With A Woman's Shadow   Man With A Woman's Shadow   Maria Lyn   Meat   Mellow Together   Message Of Dark   Mexican God   Midnight Fish   More Than This   Mr Rock 'n' Roll   Mr Rock 'n' Roll   Mr. Deadly   Museum of Sex   My Earthly Paradise   My Favourite Buildings   My Wife And My Dead Wife   NASA Clapping   Nietzsche's Way   Nietzsche's Way   Night Ride To Trinidad   No, I Don't Remember Guildford   No, I Don't Remember Guildford   Not Dark Yet   Nothing   Oceanside   One L   One Long Pair Of Eyes   One Long Pair Of Eyes (acoustic)   One Too Many Mornings   Open The Door Homer   Out Of The Picture   Penelope's Angles   Penelope's Angles   Point It At Gran   Polly On The Shore   Queen Elvis   Railway Shoes   Raining Twilight Coast   Raymond Chandler Evening   Red Locust Frenzy   Ride   Round Song   Ruling Class   Sally Was A Legend   Sally Was a Legend [Andy Kershaw Session]   Satellite   Saturday Groovers   September Cones   Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom   She Doesn't Exist   She Doesn't Exist   She Doesnt Exist   She Reached For A Light   Sinister But She Was Happy   Sleeping With Your Devil Mask   So You Think You're In Love   So You Think You're In Love   So You Think Youre In Love   Solpadeine   Sometimes A Blonde   Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl   Sounds Great When You're Dead   Sounds Great When You're Dead   Spoken Word Intro   St Petersburg   Star Of Hairs   Stranded In The Future   Superman   Surgery   Sweet Ghost Of Light   Take Your Knife Out Of My Back   Tangled Up In Blue   Television   Tell Me Mama   The Authority Box   The Banana Boat Song   The Bones In The Ground   The Cars She Used To Drive   The Cheese Alarm   The Cheese Alarm [Andy Kershaw Session]   The Devil's Radio   The Devil's Radio   The Devils Coachman   The Dust   The Green Boy   The Idea Of You   The Lizard   The Man Who Invented Himself   The Man With The Lightbulb Head   The Moon Inside   The Philospher's Stone   The Rain   The Shapes Between Us Turn To Animals   The Sound Of Sound   The Speed Of Things   The Underneath   The Wind Cries Mary   The Wreck Of The Arthur Lee   The Yip Song   Then You're Dust   Then You're Dust   This Could Be The Day   This Is How It Feels   TLC   Trams Of Old London   Transparent Lover   Transparent Lovers   Trash   Tropical Flesh Mandala   Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door   Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The...   Uncorrected Personality Traits   Underground Sun   Vegetable Friend   Veins Of The Queen   Vibrating   Victorian Squid   Visions Of Johanna   Viva! Sea-Tac   Wafflehead   Wax Doll   We're Gonna Live In The Trees   Welcome To Earth   When I Was A Kid   Where Do You Go When You Die?   Where Do You Go When You Die? [Andy Kershaw Sessio...   You & Me   You Remind Me Of You   You've Got   You've Got A Sweet Mouth On You, Baby   Young People Scream   Your Head Here

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