[[Verse 1] I used to be a knight in armor with a castle fair I used to rescue damsel maidens with the golden hair To someone somewhere told someone that that was all insane Living deep inside my head no one will ever know my name But that's a memory [Chorus] The memory of a man that didn't know he could cry The memory of a man that didn't know he was alive The figure of a man that didn't know he could feel The image of a man that didn't know he wasn't real A living memory [Verse 2] I used to rustle cattle with a six-gun by my side Until the day they caught me and they hung me till I died My soul it chose to hang around and watch me in the air The whole damn town was looking but the cattle didn't care But that's a memory [Chorus] The memory of a man that didn't know he could cry The memory of a man that didn't know he was alive The figure of a man that didn't know what he should feel The image of a man that didn't know he wasn't real A living memory [Verse 3] I used to be a father with a family that was good Loved them and I helped them and I did all that I could Then the day would come when I was locked inside a cell A figment of my children's mind and that's a living hell But that's a memory [Chorus] 'Cause I'm a living man and I've learned how to cry I feel therefore I am so I'm very much alive Yes I'm so into living I know exactly how I feel [Outro] [acoustic guitar fades out] In my taking and my giving, all you see is real The rest is memory
