On a highway past the east side of Reno br Bout passed out with a sign on his chest br Dad hollered 'man that's somebody I know ' br Pulled over at nobody's behest br In daddy's arms he drank one last swallow br Said 'Bye friend', drew his last breath. br I saw a teardrop fall on a dead hobo br I heard dad say… staring out west. br br He ain't dead… he's only sleeping br He's done with the push and the shove br Every promise left in his keeping br Like his word was as pure as a dove. br The seeds that he sowed someone's reaping br In crops that helps them rise above br The trouble that this world keeps heaping br On the ones who keep living to love. br br The home of the brave they took for free br In God's name they do all their wrong br The Black man sees way past eternity br White man's hate will then be long gone.