Pieces of a Man-Gil Scott-Heron

[ti:Pieces Of A Man] [ar:GilScott-Heron] [al:Pieces Of A Man] [by:] [offset:0] [00:17.24]Jagged jigsaw pieces [00:20.29] [00:24.41]Tossed about the room [00:27.47] [00:31.34]I saw my grandma sweeping [00:34.46] [00:38.20]With her old straw broom [00:44.81]She didn't know what she was doing [00:47.99] [00:51.93]She could hardly understand [00:57.48] [01:03.66]That she was really sweeping up [01:06.59] [01:10.90]Pieces of a man [01:13.20] [01:17.07]I saw my daddy greet the mailman [01:21.07] [01:24.12]And I heard the mailman say [01:27.26] [01:31.07]Now don't you take [01:32.13]This letter to heart now Jimmy [01:35.63] [01:38.59]Cause they've laid off nine others today [01:41.89] [01:45.32]He didn't know what he was saying [01:49.01] [01:52.68]He could hardly understand [01:57.87] [02:03.36]That he was only talking to [02:07.85] [02:11.53]Pieces of a man [02:14.09] [02:17.27]I saw the thunder and heard the lightning [02:20.58] [02:24.01]And felt the burden of his shame [02:28.38] [02:31.31]And for some unknown reason [02:35.19] [02:38.55]He never turned my way [02:42.11] [02:46.73]Pieces of that letter [02:49.16] [02:53.59]Were tossed about that room [02:56.15] [02:59.58]And now I hear the sound of sirens [03:03.45] [03:06.64]Come knifing through the gloom [03:10.13] [03:13.81]They don't know what they are doing [03:17.92] [03:20.86]They could hardly understand [03:25.79] [03:31.66]That they're only arresting [03:35.21] [03:39.70]Pieces of a man [03:43.01] [03:46.32]I saw him go to pieces [03:49.63] [03:53.18]I saw him go to pieces [03:57.37] [04:00.30]He was always such a good man [04:03.35] [04:07.16]He was always such a strong man [04:11.53] [04:13.84]Yeah I saw him go to pieces [04:17.77] [04:20.64]I saw him go to pieces