I saw a man walking down, his head to his feet But if he was familywould you pull him off the street We keep on talking though we're missing the melody There's one thing keeping us from harmony But when all is said and done he's just like you and me We know waht he knows The pain of poverty Even as a young man he watches his family sleep A man of woe (chorus) Man of woe He's so low, low, low Man of woe Whith nowhere to go Man of woe He's all alone So dark and lonely, they say when it rains it pours It's all about helping, so don't be so quick to turn Living in a line that seems to last forever My thoughts, they are my own they're my own Some things may never change You just make me understand I have a home and a woman They're a victim of our condition And it's the same old vison (chorus)