From the Album "John Barleycorn Must Die" in 1970 on Island Records.
Words and Music by Steve Winwood.
Time signature 4/4.
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Struggling with confusion, disillusionment too
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Can turn a man into a shadow, crying out from hell
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Thru his nightmare vision he sees nothing, only wealth
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The man with the beggar's mind is but a stranger
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He's but a stranger to himself.
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Suspended from a rope inside a bucket down a hole
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His hands are torn and bloody from the scratching at his soul
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(repeat from "Thru his nightmare vision")