Shrinking Man - Ry Cooder Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, it's a change in the ocean, change in the sea
Woke up one morning was a change in me
I put on my pants, my pants fell down
Well, I put on my shoes and they fell off too
I looked in the mirror was nothin' to see
That's how it goes when you're a shrinking man like me

[Chorus 1]
Worried man with a worried song
Shrinking man ain't gonna be here long

[Verse 2]
Well, sometimes I worry 'bout clothes, shrinking man's gotta look good sometime
Don't need no sweatshop child puttin' shoes on my feet this time
Chained to a sewing machine, down in hell where the sun don't shine
Look as good as you can, but please don't rob your fellow man

[Refrain 2]
Shrinking man, shrinking man
Nobody was worried 'bout a shrinking man

[Verse 3]
Sometimes I worry 'bout food 'cause a shrinking man's got to eat right sometime
I don't need much and I don't pay no starvation wage
To poor folks out on the poison ground, you don't rob the land
When you're just a little old shrinking man

[Chorus 3]
Shrinking man
Nobody was worried 'bout a shrinking man
Worried man with a worried song
Shrinking man ain't gonna be here long

[Verse 4]
Sometimes I worry 'bout prayer 'cause a shrinking man better be a prayin' man
Once I had a dream that was working, I had good ideas, I made big plans
Now I'm just like a leaf in the wind that's blowing, I hope King Jesus can understand

[Chorus 3]
Shrinking man, shrinking man
Nobody was worried 'bout a shrinking man
Worried man, a worried song
Shrinking man ain't gonna be here long