Man in the Long Black Coat

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Joan Osborne

Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown. more »

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1995

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Crickets are chirpin' the water is high 
There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry 
Window's wide open African trees 
Bent over backwards in a hurricane breeze 
Not a word  a goodbye  not even a note 
She's gone with the man in the long black coat 
Somebody seem him hangin' around 
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town 
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask 
If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask 
Somebody said, from the Bible he quote 
There was dust on the man in the long black coat 
Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gave 
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved 
You cannot depend on it to be your guide 
When it's you who must keep it satisfied 
It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat 
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat 
One, two 
There are no mistakes in life some people say 
It's true sometimes you can see it that way 
People don't live or die, people just float 
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat 
There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June 
Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon 
Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' force 
Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse 
She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote 
She's gone with the man in the long black coat

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