Man In The Hole-Richard Julian

[ti:Man In The Hole] [ar:Richard Julian] [al:Sunday Morning In Saturday's Shoes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Man In The Hole - Richard Julian [00:01.05]The X marked the spot [00:03.92] [00:04.91]Where the treasure was rumored to be [00:08.09] [00:09.70]Or so said the map [00:12.29] [00:13.16]And so began his odyssey [00:16.56] [00:17.64]Farewell to my sister [00:20.02]Farewell to my friends and the town [00:23.43] [00:26.39]And the journey was made [00:28.19] [00:28.78]And he planted his spade in the ground [00:32.78]So it was he became renowned [00:36.32]As the man in the hole [00:37.78] [00:45.70]And he dug and he dug yielding none [00:48.89] [00:50.17]But a porcelain shard and a key [00:52.93] [00:53.61]Came the point where the weak will succumb [00:56.85] [00:58.22]But no sir no quitter was he [01:00.88] [01:02.82]Oh my how conspicuous [01:04.68]A man who can stick to his guns [01:07.86] [01:10.87]Said the raving young beauty [01:13.14]Who came bearing cinnamon buns [01:17.04]That she baked on the night before [01:20.57]For the man in the hole [01:22.32] [01:30.06]And looking her over he stopped [01:33.21] [01:33.85]Long enough to say thanks for the roll [01:37.08] [01:38.37]Ate the icing clean of the top [01:41.10] [01:42.54]And went right back to digging his hole [01:45.80] [01:47.11]She was in awe of him [01:49.10]Saw in him something unique [01:52.02] [01:55.00]And she rose to defend him [01:57.36]When gossips attempted to speak [02:00.31] [02:01.19]All the while with the pile growing steeper [02:04.43] [02:05.48]Even she came to call him insane [02:08.66] [02:09.63]He just kept digging deeper and deeper [02:13.15] [02:14.09]So deep you could smell the chow mien [02:16.91] [02:18.45]His family his friends nobody made sense anymore [02:23.08] [02:27.02]Ye with no faith go away go away from my door [02:32.58]Cried the man cried the man in the hole [02:38.19] [02:41.12]Cried the man cried the man in the hole [02:46.58] [03:02.18]And he dug and he dug and he dug [03:05.86]Till one morning he struck something hard [03:09.39] [03:10.30]Yes and lifting the trough from the mud [03:13.59] [03:15.03]He fell to his knees oh my God [03:17.94] [03:19.07]But only the sparrows would hear [03:21.61]The great cheer he let go [03:24.59] [03:27.12]As his call for a witness was answered [03:30.90]By his echo [03:32.75] [03:33.33]As it ricocheted down the trail [03:36.82]Of the man in the hole [03:38.67] [03:58.46]And so finally the ultimate twist [04:01.41] [04:02.62]As the walls had grown too steep to climb [04:05.88] [04:06.89]There would be no way out of the ditch [04:10.37] [04:11.16]And the man saw his fatal design [04:14.42] [04:15.89]So he covered the floor [04:18.28]With sapphires rubies and pearls [04:20.97] [04:24.25]Built a throne out of gold [04:26.07] [04:26.66]Where alone he grew old in his world [04:30.45] [04:32.93]Goes the tale of the man in the hole