Released: July 1, 1970
Songwriter: Jim Capaldi Steve Winwood
Producer: Guy Stevens
[Verse 1]
Struggling with confusion, disillusionment too
Can turn a man into a shadow, crying out from pain
[Chorus]
Through his nightmare vision, he sees nothing, only well
Blind with the beggar's mind, he's but a stranger
He's but a stranger to himself
[Verse 2]
Suspended from a rope inside a bucket down a hole
His hands are torn and bloodied from the scratching at his soul
[Chorus] (2x)
Struggling with confusion, disillusionment too
Can turn a man into a shadow, crying out from pain
[Chorus]
Through his nightmare vision, he sees nothing, only well
Blind with the beggar's mind, he's but a stranger
He's but a stranger to himself
[Verse 2]
Suspended from a rope inside a bucket down a hole
His hands are torn and bloodied from the scratching at his soul
[Chorus] (2x)
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