Lyric Manchild

They would seek high, they would seek low
calling their manchild as the trouble did flow
There s always somebody 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
Manchild in wood
I wait for manhood
I m the manchild.