Mary Chapin Carpenter - Dead Man Walking lyrics

You never had a dream like this Never felt the cold cold steel Slam you like a fist Break you down until you kneel Just like a beggar man Asking only for redemption All the things that can't Make a man believe in heaven Fix your eyes upon the bars Memorize their other side Like the tatoos on your arms The brag so loud and tough that night But now the truth comes out Fast as feel can do your talking It sets you free as one guard shouts Dead man walking When neither light nor darkness When neither night or day When neither kind nor heartless When neither lost or saved When neither still or moved When neither held or free Oh to be so human Dead man walking When neither light nor darkness When neither night or day When neither kind nor heartless When neither lost or saved When neither still or moved When neither held or free Oh to be so human Oh to be Somewhere in a dream like this where Light of love leads us home Broken worlds will not be fixed if vengeance take us as thy own We're just like beggars now On our knees we hear our names God forgives somehow We have yet to learn the same