The Man I Keep Hid - Joe Henry

Nobody knows the man that I keep hid

Nobody knows the man that I keep hid

He’s raised my face like a pirate’s flag

Of any Nations tattered rag

Nobody knows the man that I keep hid

Somebody used my mouth and laughed out loud

Somebody used my mouth and laughed out loud

Spoken ways that wre strange to you

Whispered things that even money won’t do Nobody knows the man that I keep hid

Something startled you late last night

Something startled you late last night

A ghost from my dream leaning paon

Moving you left a vapor trail

Nobody knows the man that I keep hid

You say you’ve changed but still you won’t

I say I’ve changed and prove I don’t

Somebody made my heart a silver spoon

Somebody made my heart a silver spoon

That eats away at love and pride

Like hunger down a mountainside

Nobody knows the man that I keep hid

Nobody knows the man that I keep hid