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