I woke up this morning with a shadow instead
Heart still beating but my soul was dead
Looked in the mirror but I couldn't find me
Just a crack in the glass where my eyes should be
I got the hollow man's blues carved out clean
Walking this world like a ghost between
Every song I sing just slips through my hands
Like dust in the wind on the devil's land
Whiskey in my veins, ashes on my tongue
Every prayer I prayed come out unsung
The preacher says I'm saved but he don't see
The devil's hymn haunts quite inside of me
I got the hollow man's blues carved out clean
Walking this world like a ghost between
Every song I sing just slips through my hands
Like dust in the wind on the devil's land
Mama wrote letters I never could send
Lovers held close but it's all pretend
The harder I reach the further it goes
Like chasing the smoke where the cold wind blows
If you find me lying in a shallow grave
Don't pray for a soul that the Lord won't save
Just carve on the stone what the black river knew
He sang for the world with nothing left true
I got the hollow man's blues carved out clean
Walking this world like a ghost between
Every song I sing just slips through my hands
Like dust in the wind on the devil's land
Like dust in the wind on the devil's land