Sunday, July 13, 2008

Lyrics: The Animal of Man

I couldn't find the music, but here are the lyrics to Roger Miller's "The Animal of Man:"

His footprints can be found
On the graves of dead young soldiers
On the amber covered plains
Killed by radio-active rains

And his traces can be found
In the dying streams and meadows
And he'll kill you if he can
He's the animal of man

Yes his traces can be found
In the scars of red-skin children
That have never fully healed
Ask a black man how he feels

He's a nervous gifted child
He's an old man been forgotten
He's a military band
He's the animal of man

I don't know when he wrote this, but it carries a very uncommon sentiment for country music of its day...amazingly uncommon for its time.

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