Kris Kristofferson, Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal - What Kind of Man Am I lyrics

My words don't know the truth
They flutter as I speak
The sickness I feel under my belt
Is the disdain I have for me

And I ask you to stand tall
But, it's me who's fallen down
I'd like to be a better man
But, I can't find my way home now

So what kind of man am I
Who never looked up to see the sky
And every word I say
Has come back to haunt me every day
So here I stand alone crippled on my cane
The coward I've become the loser in the game

These eyes you see are masked
By a thin veneer of tears
And who would have known that
Such a small task
Would have compromised all these years

But a liar's guilt is a liar's fate
And man, that's just the facts
For those too weak to tell the truth
Into darkness you will be cast

So what kind of man am I
Who never looked up to see the sky
And every word I say
Has come back to haunt me every day

And here I stand alone crippled on my cane
The coward I've become the loser in the game

So dig deep, you little bastard
Let the truth be known
Angels are flying with you tonight
You'd better not let them go

'Cause if you do I'd hate to think
Of what your fate could be
So speak your mind, tell what you know
And set your family free

What kind of man am I
Who never looked up to see the sky
And every word I say
Has come back to haunt me every day

Speak your heart so here I stand alone
Crippled on my cane the coward I've become

Set us free the loser in the game
Tell the truth