Lyric Manchild

they would seek high, they would seek low
calling their manchild as the trouble would blow
there s always some body to watch over me
i m never alone i wish they d leave me be

never alone
I m never alone

i m just a boy not long for this world
i m called nelsito and i m thirteen years old
for nearly two decades this vendetta has raged
there are no men i m the last in the chain
last in the chain
i m manchild man

marimba sing high marimba sing low
marimba sing high as the cemetery grows
all have been wept for husbands brothers grandsons
grandfathers nephews cousins uncles fathers and sons

i walk in boots too big for me
the women do cry as they watch over me
i work at the altar i try to be good
but just like the others i ll soon travel in wood
i try to be good
man child in wood