Lyrics The Frozen Man (Live) - James Taylor

Here's a picture of the frozen man
Uh, which just goes to show you that even if you die
Before the invention of photography
You're still not safe
God have mercy on the frozen man

Last thing I remember is the freezing cold
Water reaching up just to swallow me whole
Ice in the rigging and howling wind
Shock to my body as we tumbled in

My brothers and the others were lost at sea
I alone am returned to tell thee
Hidden in ice for a century
I walk the world again
Lord have mercy on the frozen man

Next words that were spoken to me
Nurse asked me what my name might be
She was all in white at the foot of my bed
I said, "Angel of mercy, I'm alive or am I dead?"

My name is William James McPhee
I was born in 1823, I was
Raised in Liverpool by the sea, but
That ain't who I am
Lord have mercy on the frozen man

It took a lot of money to start my heart
Just to peg my leg and to buy my eye
The newspapers call me state of the art
And the children, when they see me they cry

Well, I thought it'd be nice just to visit my grave
See what kind of tombstone I might have
There lay the wife and daughter and it seemed so strange
So strange
Both of them dead and gone from extreme old age

I say, when I die make sure I'm gone
Don't leave 'em nothing to work on
You can raise your arm, you can wiggle your hand
Unlike myself
So you can wave goodbye to the frozen man
Goodbye

I know what it means to freeze to death
To lose a little life with every breath
To say goodbye to life on earth
To come around again
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
God have mercy on the frozen man

Have mercy on the frozen man