I'm just a shadow of a bigger man,
Glowing brighter with each year, I am,
I was standing on the mountain,
Just looking down.
It's like my daddy said,
"You've got to use your head."
My body won't work for nobody but me, son.
No one said that I aim to please.

All your light can't save me.
All your light, all your light can't save me.
I will wait for my time to come.
I can't wait, I can't wait
For my time to come.
My body won't work for nobody but me, son.

As a boy I had it figured out,
That there are things that you can't live without.
But money, it's sad, but true, is surely topping lists.
And your rules, your rules, your rules
Well, they will not be missed.
And I became whole again, because
No one said, no one said, no one said
There'd be times like these.

I said, all your light can't save me.
All your light, all your light can't save me.
I will wait for my time to come.
I can't wait, I can't wait
For my time to come.
My body won't work for nobody but me, son.
No one said there'd be times like these.
My body won't work for nobody but me, son.
No one said there'd be times like these.
My body won't work for nobody but me, son.
No one said there'd be times like these.
My body won't work for nobody but me, son.
No one said there'd be times like these.

I was making flames when I broke your reins,
I'm just a shadow of a bigger man,
Glowing brighter with each year, I am,
I was standing on the mountain,
Just looking down.
It's like my daddy said,
"You've got to use your head."
My body won't work for nobody but me, son.
No one said that I aim to please.

All your light can't save me.
All your light, all your light can't save me.
I will wait for my time to come.
I can't wait, I can't wait
For my time to come.

All your light can't save me.
All your light, all your light can't save me.
I will wait for my time to come.
I can't wait, I can't wait
For my time to come.
All your light can't save me.
All your light, all your light can't save me.
I will wait for my time to come.
I can't wait, I can't wait
For my time to come.