The Man Who Sold The World

Simple Minds · Dancing Barefoot [2001]

We passed upon those stairs

We spoke of was and when

Although I wasn't there

He said, "I was his friend"



Which came as some surprise

I spoke into his eyes

I thought, you died alone

A long, long time ago



Oh no, not me

I never lost control

You're face, to face

With the man who sold the world



I laughed and shook his hand

Made my way back home

I searched for foreign land

For years and years I roamed



I gazed a gazely stare

To all the millions there

We must have died alone

A long, long time ago



Oh no, not me

I never lost control

You're face, to face

With the man who sold the world



Oh no, not me

I never lost control

You're face, to face

With the man who sold the world