The Man's Too Strong Lyrics

I'm just an aging drummer boy and in the wars I used to play
And I've called the tune to many a torching session
Now they say I am a war criminal and I'm fading away
Father please hear my confession

I have legalized robbery, called it belief
I have run with the money, I have hid like a thief
Rewritten history with my armies of my crooks
Invented memories, I did burn all the books

And I can still hear his laughter and I can still hear his song
The man's too big, the man's too strong

Well I have tried to be meek and I have tried to be mild
But I spat like a woman and I sulked like a child
I have lived behind walls, that have made me alone
Striven for peace, which I never have known

And I can still hear his laughter and I can still hear his song
The man's too big, the man's too strong

Well the sun rose on the courtyard and they all did hear him say
You always was a judas but I got you anyway
You may have got your silver but I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds and I gave them to your wife

Oh father please help me for I have done wrong
The man's too big, the man's too strong

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

Sep 2000

1. So Far Away (Album Version)
2. Money For Nothing (Album Version)
3. Walk Of Life (Album Version)
4. Your Latest Trick (Album Version)
5. Why Worry (Album Version)
6. Ride Across The River (Album Version)
7. The Man's Too Strong (Album Version)
8. One World (Album Version)
9. Brothers In Arms (Album Version)