Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black

Thursday Global Informal Challenge ... "BLACK"

Others on the 'Blacklist' today are:
ourcolin http://www.pbase.com/ourcolin/image/68020866
esme12 http://www.pbase.com/esme12/image/68027407/large
Matylda http://www.pbase.com/image/68025558
Andra http://www.pbase.com/image/68027859
Barbara http://www.pbase.com/image/68026475
Yvonne http://www.pbase.com/yvonneii/image/68042895
nordic http://www.pbase.com/image/68043492
faye http://www.pbase.com/image/68043110
Beverly http://www.pbase.com/image/68042995
Michael http://www.pbase.com/image/68033170
Luther http://www.pbase.com/image/68031477
Bill http://www.pbase.com/bgpicturethis/image/68031476/large
Sue http://www.pbase.com/srobertson/image/68042931
laine82 http://www.pbase.com/laine82/image/68044085
Susan http://www.pbase.com/pusans/image/68044341
Tomasz #1 http://www.pbase.com/smok53/image/68043804
Tomasz #2 http://www.pbase.com/smok53/image/68044463
Deborah http://www.pbase.com/deborah_lewis/image/68028687
Scott http://www.pbase.com/sbbish/image/68046842
Jennifer http://www.pbase.com/jennifernicholson/image/68046033
Eckhart http://www.pbase.com/ekke/image/68023859
Ed http://www.pbase.com/ed154/image/68049096
Cindi http://www.pbase.com/ces0357/image/68037068
royalld http://www.pbase.com/royalld/image/68049505
Bill http://www.pbase.com/onastone2/image/68050050
Jessica http://www.pbase.com/mccollum/image/68052180
Chris - http://www.pbase.com/chrishadden/image/68042287
DJ Wixx - http://www.pbase.com/djwixx/image/68040246
olivierbruning - http://www.pbase.com/olivierbruning/image/68037220
Dana http://www.pbase.com/dleighb/image/68038956
Ian http://www.pbase.com/image/68048891
John B http://www.pbase.com/johninwi/image/68052407
Johnny http://www.pbase.com/image/68054816
Carol http://www.pbase.com/cjphipps_servo/image/68030226
Veysel http://www.pbase.com/birinciv/image/68053957
Katie http://www.pbase.com/image/68053216
Ray http://www.pbase.com/image/68057181
Lee http://www.pbase.com/image/68056769
John W http://www.pbase.com/johnwaine/image/68056472
Priya http://www.pbase.com/prisha/image/68056686
Joan http://www.pbase.com/joanteno/image/68055908
Zak http://www.pbase.com/zak355/image/68057985
shatterbug http://www.pbase.com/shatterbug/image/68059764
Carole http://www.pbase.com/carole_s/image/68058746
Chrisse http://www.pbase.com/chrisse/image/68058428
Werner http://www.pbase.com/image/68058305
Tim http://www.pbase.com/image/68064672
Donald http://www.pbase.com/donverger/image/68065772
Al http://www.pbase.com/image/68066762
CJ http://www.pbase.com/cjburianek/image/68063056
Bob http://www.pbase.com/bbellngr/image/68071762
Gigi http://www.pbase.com/gigicp/image/68078154

See also my alternate photo "Woman in black"
http://www.pbase.com/image/68062271