The Man Songtext

von Pearls Before Swine

"The Man"
By Tom Rapp

I am just a crewman
You can listen to my story if you want to
I started out on the Captain's trip
So many years ago
He was looking for something more
Than whta he had

He said: I want to see his face
I want to touch his hand
I want to see his face
And then I'll know
That he's the man

We missed him once at Betelgeuse
Then again at Proxima Centauri
He had 2,000 years head start
But the Captain would not yield
Then at Venus that far morning star
Just a century gone

He said: I want to see his face
I want to touch his hand
I want to see his face
And then I'll know
That he's the man

The years they passed us by
But we got near him
Closer by the hour
On a hazy planet on the edge of
Space
We landed one more time
They said he'd gone away just half a day
Before we came

He said: I want to see his face
I want to touch his hand
I want to see his face
And then I'll know
That he's the man

We left Earth when I was a boy
Now I was a man approaching thirty
The Captain went up searching still
But me I stayed behind
Then they brought me near
They said: He's here
He waits inside

Now I can see his face
I can touch his hand
I can see his face
And now I know
That he's the man
And now I know
That he's the man