Song Description

Drunk hallucinates about a Ragged Man following him trying to drag him down to the gutter.

Lyrics

In the shadows at the back of a broken down bar where the broken down men were dying,
Stood a Ragged Man with a glass in his hand and with a cutthroat look he was eyeing
Every move I made by the light of the shade he was counting every word I said,
And by the time I knew what he was trying to do I was very nearly dead.

Every street I walk every town I talk, well there ain?t no place to hide me,
I?ve walked this land and the Ragged Man is always there beside me,
I won?t buy no gun it?s no use that son of a bitch he won?t die no way,
And his plan I see is to follow me and watch me dying slowly

Mr Ragged Man got me by the hand,
He got me into his ways,
Mr Ragged Man got my soul in his hand,
Ain?t coming your way no more,
Mr Ragged Man.

Well I?ve been told that I?m gettin? old but I laugh and say ?Don?t you worry,
?Cos the time I?ve got may not be a lot but dead men don?t need to hurry.?
So I got grey hair - why should I care about young men getting older
You wanna know the truth? He promised me my youth with his arm wrapped round my shoulder

Mr Ragged Man got me by the hand,
He got me into his ways,
Mr Ragged Man got my soul in his hand,
Ain?t coming your way no more,
Mr Ragged Man.

Say brother what you doing here? Well all right, just one more beer.
S?good to be with you my friend, one thing I got is time to spend.
Didn?t I see you down the road jus? a bar or two?
So it seems that you?re lookin? well ? a little ragged but what the hell.

Gonna shake him loose I swear that?s the truth there?s got to be a first time,
Put the genie back on the bottle stack where the losers hide their thirsting,
Well there ain?t no chance of a second glance ?cos that?s the way he likes it,
Ragged Man I?m through with the likes of you and I?m man enough to fight it.