When they come down, you have to leave town
I always wonder why my mama left town, new haven ain't a bag of salt
School's are learning you can't unlearn and no room to turn, let alone run
It's in their eyes, it's unspoken, don't even know they're out to do you harm
The man you make then and now, he's burning
And I am too tough to die
Can't even see the pulse beating in the axle of your arm
Livin' in a cage make a 7 time daddy lose his mind to roam
Outlaw wearin' diamond patches of sunlight on his coat
At all, what's to hold it together when you stumble and you fall
I am too tough to die
Seven states away they're doin', doin' the strange fruit swing
Derision's a cold wind against my skin, you keep a-flayin' 'til there's no skin
Well I am too tough to die
I wasn't there and it's got me wondering
I am too tough to die
I am too tough to die
Blessed are those who believe, who believe and have not seen
When nobody knows your name, you look so different over the phone
