The Frozen Man Lyrics - One Man Band - James Taylor

Last thing I remember is the freezing cold 

Water reaching up just to swallow me whole 

Ice in the rigging and howling wind 

Shock to my body as we tumbled in 

Then my brothers and the others are lost at sea 

I alone am returned to tell thee 

Hidden in ice for a century 

To walk the world again 

Lord have mercy on the frozen man 

Next words that were spoken to me 

Nurse asked me what my name might be 

She was all in white at the foot of my bed 

I said angel of mercy I'm alive or am I dead 

My name is william james mcphee 

I was born in 1843 

Raised in liverpool by the sea 

But that ain't who I am 

Lord have mercy on the frozen man 

It took a lot of money to start my heart 

To peg my leg and to buy my eye 

The newspapers call me the state of the art 

And the children, when they see me, cry 

I thought it would be nice just to visit my grave 

See what kind of tombstone I might have 

I saw my wife and my daughter and it seemed so strange 

Both of them dead and gone from extreme old age 

See here, when I die make sure I'm gone 

Don't leave 'em nothing to work on 

You can raise your arm, you can wiggle your hand 

And you can wave goodbye to the frozen man 

I know what it means to freeze to death 

To lose a little life with every breath 

To say goodbye to life on earth 

To come around again 

Lord have mercy on the frozen man 

Lord have mercy on the frozen man