Love And Money - Halleluiah Man lyrics

On the blind side and down the back ways The roots of sadness crawl, When you can't get what you need You feel like taking a torch to it all All the sweet talk makes a bitter man You can feel the darkness rise Sometimes you don't know what you're fighting for You don't know who it is you despise. I am the Halleluiah Man Break all the rules I'm the King of fools I'm the renegade in this greytown And I'll do anything to bring a government down I am the Halleluiah Man Yes my friends I've been born again I'm the black sheep who while shepherds sleep Will do anything to bring a government down In a coat of a thousand colours And a star spangled Cadillac He picked up a rodeo queen With whiplash marks all over his back When dreams don't become their people People become their dreams He didn't understand at the time But now he knows exactly what it means I am the Halleluiah Man Break all the rules I'm the King of fools I'm the renegade in this greytown And I'll do anything to bring a government down I am the Halleluiah Man Yes my friends I've been born again I'm the black sheep who while shepherds sleep Will do anything to bring a government down They said watch out boy be careful where you tread You're throwing away all that beautiful bread He slept outside until the world opened up They've got to understand he's a Halleluiah Man He says I am the Halleluiah Man And I'll do anything to bring a government down He built himself a prison He knew he had to escape Some worlds are held together by steel Some worlds are held together by sellotape He was d