Made Man

(Oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh) Black suit Black gloves Name ring out like bad news Old stone steps Back door Smoke curl up from the half-moon Gold on the wrist But it’s quiet Talk in a code Move silent Family photo in the locket Everything earned from a promise Not college We the made men (say less) Talk soft Still bend the steel Yes Cross one line You won’t cross again Pray for peace when you see my friends (amen) Card on the table Blood in the ink Look in my eyes Tell me what you think We don’t break We don’t ever explain We the made men Write your name Long table Red wine One nod Whole room switch sides Old church pew for confession But the list too long for a blessing Keep my sins in a leather-bound book One wrong move One hard look Heard your heart beat through the hallway Clock tick loud You should’ve left when I called Ay We the made men (say less) Talk soft Still bend the steel Yes Cross one line You won’t cross again Pray for peace when you see my friends (amen) Card on the table Blood in the ink Look in my eyes Tell me what you think We don’t break We don’t ever explain We the made men Write your name