My footprints, weave in out
Between good and bad, faith and doubt
More thin than thick, more lows than highs
But do tale a story and so do I
About a down and out, nine on the count
Before they rang that bell and I loose that bout
But my rise from the ashes ain't got no limit
From a dead man walking to a walking man livin

Have you ever been a stray dog
Callin' through the alley
Ever chase a light in the shadow of the valley
On hands and knees beggan' save me please
Is anybody listening?
Have you ever been a mile past going gets tough?
Six feet under, but you push dirt up
Till some breaks through get you back up kick'n
From a dead man walking to a walkin man livin'

I've lost my way, misplaced my soul
Seen dead ends and still paid the toll
To see what kind of reckless high I could get myself into
I was a flat rind with a heartbeat
That man in the mirror was a shell of me
And it was harder for me than God to forgive it
A dead man walking now a walkin man livin'

Have you ever been a stray dog
Callin' through the alley
Ever chase a light in the shadow of a valley
On hands and knees beggan' save me please
Is anybody listening?
Have you ever been a mile past going gets tough?
Six feet under but you push dirt up
Till some breaks through get you back up kick'n
From a dead man walking to a walkin man livin'

Walkin man livin'

I had nothing, to do with this
But that's the crazy thing about forgiveness
Yeah, it got you to the angels
Aye boys go get hem
Turn the dead man walking to a walkin man - livin!

Have you ever been a stray dog
Callin' through the alley
Ever chase a light in the shadow of the valley
On hands and knees, beggan' save me please
Is anybody listening?
Have you ever been a mile past going gets tough?
Six feet under but you push dirt up
Till some breaks through get you back up kick'n
From a dead man walking to a walkin man livin'!

I was a dead man walking but now I'm a walkin' man livin'
I'm a walking man livin'!
From a dead man walking to a walkin man livin'