Thursday, October 23, 2008

A Good Man is Hard to Find

This song, written by singer/songwriter/genius Sufjan Stevens, tells the story of "A Good Man is Hard to Find", but interestingly, from the perspective of "The Misfit". Lyrics below the video:


Once in the backyard,
she was once like me,
she was once like me.
Twice when I killed them,
they were once at peace,
they were once like me.

Hold to your gun, man,
and put off all your peace,
put off all the beast.
Paid a full of these, I wait for it,
but someone's once like me.
She was once like me.

I once was better.
I put off all my grief.
I put off all my grief.
And so I go to hell, I wait for it,
but someone's left me creased.
And Someone's left me creased

1 comment:

Adam said...

Cool song. I'm a huge fan of the Illinoise album but I never really heard too much of his other songs.