Dead Man Walking - Linnea Olsson

I stood up at central station

Waiting for my man

I went across this God-damned nation just to hold his hand

I waited there for hours but he didn’t show up

So I called him on the phone and he wouldn’t pick up

And I don’t know what this fuzz is about

I see dead man walking

Tonight

So I jumped into a cab

And I threw my lucky chain (?)

I was thinking about madness

I was thinking about sin

We stopped outside his house

And I climbed up on to the roof

I looked down through the window and realized that he had moved

And he don’t know what he’s dealing with here

I see dead man walking

Somewhere

And I landed on the front porch

I knocked on the door

A lady called Marie said

«He don’t live here anymore»

Oh do you know by any chance I said where to find him

'Cause my heart seems to beat right through my skin

And I don’t know why he’s hiding from me

I see dead man walking

Marie

So I stole a bike in the Garden

I headed for the street

And I left my suitcase for them

So I thought I’d call it quits

I went down to the airport and I boarded the next flight

I figured I could be in Spain by night

I don’t know why he’s doing it really

I see dead man walking

From me

I fell asleep over New York

And I woke up in Madrid

The only man I long for

Is so quiet and well-hid

I paid the taxi driver way too much to go down town

When I got to his apartment he was gone

He don’t know that he’s driving me insane

I see dead man walking

From Spain

And down near the harbour

My hunger got appeased

But I’m still a starver

When it comes to being pleased

And as the ship came in I sneaked aboard on the left side

I didn’t have no money or no pride

And I don’t know why he keeps evading me

I see dead man walking

By sea

A sense of being seasick

Made me dizzier than before

I grabbed a yellow mop and

As we got into the shore

A man back in Madrid said you’d spent time in Marrakech

And I think I just laid eyes on your mistress

And I don’t know how the two of you dared

I see dead woman walking

Right there

I went up to the beach house

It had a lovely view

And as a further insult

I saw not just one kid but two

And they just stared me and said

«dad who’s that lady?»

I’ve never seen her in my life trust me

And I want this stranger out of my house

What’s the dead man talking

About?

So I sat down in the kitchen

I told him 'bout the pain

I spoke of how I missed him

And he said «your insane!»

I’m calling the police because you need to go home

They’re gonna take you back to where you came from

But that was something that he shouldn’t have said

Now the dead man walking

Is dead