Man Of Promise

With thanks to Femi Ashiru and the late Ian Joshua. You may also like Arkestar's remix - here is the link: https://soundcloud.com/ocean-of-tunes-presents/brian-peters-a-man-of-promise-arkestar-rmx-2021-copy Man of Promise (Brian Peters) He was a man of promise coming down Riding through the dusty white southern towns They heard his music, they thought he was strange But they needed somebody, it was time for change They gave him their disease and they gave him hate They led to the elders at the city gates He toppled the tables at the house of commerce And everyone was frightened of the man of promise - He stood in the jaw of the lion He walked through the trap of the bear He laid in the nest of the eagle And he trampled on the serpent’s head - He was a man of promise come from God He carried the scales and he carried the rod The rod was straight, the scales were set The writing on the wall was the letter of death Everybody knew that the end would come In a hail of bullets from a friendly gun They strung up a recluse, a Judas, a Thomas Then they started looking for another man of promise