Man Of Stone Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

It could have been a million years ago or maybe yesterday 

I crawled out of this wilderness, a debt I had to pay 

I must have tipped the scales somewhere way back 

Never saw the seeds I'd sewn 

So now I travel backwards looking for a man of stone 

A foggy night, a neon light... I've seen him standing there 

Movin' where the shadows creepccno he never did play fair 

And one night I almost got him, but I knew you'd tapped my phone 

And communication is dangerous, lookin' for a man of stone 

With juan in argentina I thought I saw him in the street 

In a seaplane over hydra he sat in the captain's seat 

And I've chased him from the colosseum down the spanish steps in rome 

And history just gets hazy lookin' for a man of stone 

In the mornin' out your I saw him leanin' on a tree 

Wearin' a snappy suit of grey and then he motioned to me 

He pointed with his finger, as if to say my soul he owned 

But I had sold that long ago to you lookin' for a man of stone