[01:10.316]Crickets are chirpin'the water is high
[01:14.877]There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin'dry
[01:19.630]The window's wide open African trees
[01:24.65]Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
[01:32.270]Not a word of good-bye not even a note
[01:36.957]She's gone with the man in the long black coat
[01:45.270]Somebody's seen him hangin'around at the old
[01:50.647]Dance hall on the outskirts of town
[01:54.583]He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
[01:58.895]If he wanted to dance
[02:01.20]He had a face like a mask
[02:07.460]Somebody said from the Bible he'd quote
[02:11.770]There was dust on the man in the long black coat
[02:24.958]Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gave
[02:29.23]He said 'Ev'ry man's conscience is vile and depraved
[02:34.61]You cannot depend on it to be your guide when
[02:37.00]It's you who must keep it satisfied '
[02:46.561]It ain't easy to swallow it sticks in the throat
[02:51.123]She gave her heart to the man in the long black coat
[02:59.686]There are no mistakes in life
[03:02.188]Some people say it's true sometimes you can see it that way
[03:08.971]The people don't live or die
[03:11.348]People just float
[03:13.535]She went with the man in the long black coat
[03:26.221]There's smoke on the water it's been there since June
[03:31.97]Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon
[03:35.598]Hear the pulse and vibration and rumbling force
[03:40.409]Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse
[03:49.210]She never said nothing there was nothing she wrote
[03:53.277]She's gone with the man in the long black coat