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For a man of clay
It’s too late today
So the holy ones pray
And the seven array
Searching for the hidden way

In a troubled land
Neath the setting sun
He’s a word away
A man of clay
Searching for the golden dawn

In the hottest days
He wasted away
And the deserts blazed
With the angels in praise
Searching for Elijah to save

Now this lowly man
Toiling under the sun
Faces evil in the promised land
For a message hidden under the tongue

The words don’t come
And it’s too late to say
For a man of clay
In the world today
The price he paid is yesterday

Now truth is the word
That empowers this bird
But the shackles they bind
And his soul is declined
Searching for his freedom defined

In a troubled land
Neath the setting sun
He’s a word away
A man of clay
Searching for the golden dawn

He’s a word away
A man of clay
Searching for the golden dawn

He’s a word away
A man of clay
Searching for the golden dawn

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from Man Of Clay (the Black Art of Science), released June 6, 2020
Lyrics: Rich Blackam
Music: Rich Blackam/Craig Harnath

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Rich Black Melbourne, Australia

Heavily guitar oriented with flavours covering a broad gamut from rock through grunge to blues including a few unexpected sidebars, Rich's writing covers a lot of territory. Rich has described his art as ‘kind of a screenplay about the supernatural, science, history and human frailty’ and close scrutiny of the lyrics might support this hypothesis, or not! ... more

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