Jacob oh Jacob, you travelled this world 'round In good days and bad days you saw But you never quite knew What the Devil could do To travel to Black Valley Falls
Your wife and your children, they looked up to you 'Till one day your daemons came by Surrounded and left you with nothing to claim But the title of Petrified Man
And now they say: Petrified Man, Petrified Man Won't live to hang Can't stand for anything Petrified Man, Petrified Man Won't take a stand Go look at your family now Petrified Man You'll never amount to nothing (?)
The sun rose and set with your only true love But shadows devoured the land The darkness has fallen, the sky's turned to grey And they called you a Petrified Man
You sold all your days in the dirty coal mine And now walk three miles to your door What little did you think that your sweet Adalaid (?) Which you never ever see no more
And now they say: Petrified Man, Petrified Man Won't live to hang Can't stand for anything Petrified Man, Petrified Man Won't take a stand Go look at your family now Petrified Man You'll never amount to nothing (?)
Glory be Take my hand and walk with me Into the fire, Glory be Take my hand and walk with me Into the fire, Glory be Take my hand and walk with me Into the fire, Glory be Take my hand and walk with me Into the fire, Glory be Take my hand and walk with me Into the fire, Glory be Take my hand and walk with me Into the fire, Glory be Take my hand and walk with me Into the fire, Glory be Take my hand and walk..
And now they say: Petrified Man, Petrified Man Won't live to hang Can't stand for anything Petrified Man, Petrified Man Won't take a stand Go look at your family now Petrified Man You'll never amount to nothing (?)
And now from the grove where the trees live in flow And the laurels get sorry and unravel the tongue No man left standing. You liberate them For calling you Petrified Man