Honest Man

Verse 1

Silver hair

Sweat on the brow

Cameras clicking like a hammer now

No bribe taken

No lie told

Just a heavy black bag for the bold

The verdict

The shame

The weight of the name

Chorus

He was an honest man

Just an honest man

Trying to keep his head up high

In a winter gray Pennsylvania sky

Honest man

Honest man

Verse 2

Folder open

The paper slides

Nowhere left for a man to hide

Cold steel

Warm breath

Facing down the sting of death

They watched

They waited

The air was saturated

Blood on the floor

Close the door

Chorus

He was an honest man

Just an honest man

Trying to keep his head up high

In a winter gray Pennsylvania sky

Honest man

Honest man

Bridge

Don't look

Look away

Look away

Look away

The film keeps rolling on and on

Until the light is gone

Until the truth is gone

Guitar Solo

Chorus

He was an honest man

Just an honest man

Trying to keep his head up high

In a winter gray Pennsylvania sky

Honest man

Honest man

Outro

State Treasurer

Empty chair

Static in the winter air

Just an honest man

Honest man

Honest man