The Man Comes Around

Lyrics

[Intro] "And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder One of the four beasts saying, 'Come and see' And I saw, and behold a white horse" [Verse 1] There's a man goin' 'round takin' names (Takin' names) And he decides who to free and who to blame (Who to blame) Everybody won't be treated all the same There'll be a golden ladder reaching down When the man comes around [Refrain] One, two, three, four One, two, three, four [Verse 2] The hairs on your arm will stand up At the terror in each sip and in each sup Will you partake of that last offered cup Or disappear into the potter's ground? When the man comes around [Chorus] Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers One hundred million angels singing Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum Voices callin', voices cryin' Some are born and some are dyin' (Dyin') It's Alpha's and Omega's kingdom come And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree The virgins are all trimming their wicks The whirlwind is in the thorn tree It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks [Verse 3] Whoever is unjust, let him be unjust still Whoever is righteous, let him be righteous still Whoever is filthy, let him be filthy still Listen to the words long written down When the man comes around [Chorus] Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers One hundred million angels singing Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum Voices callin', voices cryin' Some are born and some are dyin' (Dyin') It's Alpha's and Omega's kingdom come And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree The virgins are all trimming their wicks The whirlwind is in the thorn tree It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks In measured hundredweight and penny pound When the man comes around [Outro] When the man comes around The virgins are all trimming their wicks When the man comes around