Cleaning Man Lyrics - Holy - Love As Laughter

I was the cleaning man 

I was the cleaning man 

Listened to the radio play 'Cowgirl in the Sand' 

When I was the cleaning man 

I was the cleaning man 

After everyone had come 

To talk and drink and dance 

I could see the evening scene reflecting in the cans 

Now echoes of the empty room return with loneliness 

And in the darkness of the night 

I take the devil's hand 

When I was the cleaning man 

I was death's hand 

I was heroin 

To somebody I shouldn't have been 

I was heroin 

I was death's hand 

I was the thief who stole all those women and men 

I stood at the funerals of relatives and friends 

And like a Midas eye wishing my greed and curse would end 

When I was the cleaning man 

When I was the cleaning man 

When I was the cleaning man