Terry Callier - Lazarus Man lyrics

I met a young man on the Skeleton Coast He was out on his feet and pale as a ghost I asked him his name. He said Lazarus, man I've come to this country from a far away land I can't quite remember the last time I was on shore Could have been twelve years, but it might have been more But I've seen tribulation and it troubled my mind And I can't quite remember what I come here to find And It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land Three drops of water, one grain of sand I'll tell you the story as quick as I can I've got nothing by time, I'm Lazarus Man He said "I woke one mornin', felt a little bit strange By mid afternoon there was fever and pain And later that night with my friends at my side I went off to sleep and I guess that I died I was stumblin' and rising so I couldn't quite tell Had one foot in glory and one foot in hell On one side the garden and on one side the flame And I thought I heard somebody call out my name Yeah, somebody was saying "Lazarus arise!" So I sat up and opened my eyes You know I wanted to dance but I didn't have room So I threw off the sheets and walked out of the tomb" And It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land Three drops of water, one grain of sand I'll tell you the story as quick as I can I've got nothing by time, I'm Lazarus Man Now I've been from Nazareth to High Barbary And I realize there's no rest for me I've been out on the desert I've been out on the deep But since he bid me to rise I ain't been to sleep And It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land Three drops of water and one grain of sand I'll tell you the story just as quick as I can I've got nothing but time. I'm Lazarus Man I met a young man on the Skeleton Coast He was out on his feet and pale as a ghost I asked him his name. He said Lazarus, man I've come to this country from a far away land And It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land Three drops of water and one grain of sand I'll tell you the story just as quick as I can I've got nothing but time. I'm Lazarus Man