作词 : Scott-Heron

作曲 : Brian Jackson/Gil Scott-Heron

Jagged jigsaw pieces

Tossed about the room

I saw my grandma sweeping

With her old straw broom

She didn't know what she was doing

She could hardly understand

That she was really sweeping up..

Pieces of a man

I saw my daddy greet the mailman

And I heard the mailman say

Now don't you take

this letter to heart now Jimmy

Cause they've laid off nine others today

He didn't know what he was saying

He could hardly understand

That he was only talking to

Pieces of a man

I saw the thunder and heard the lightning!

And felt the burden of his shame

And for some unknown reason

He never turned my way

Pieces of that letter

Were tossed about that room

And now I hear the sound of sirens

Come knifing through the gloom

They don't know what they are doing

They could hardly understand

That they're only arresting

Pieces of a man

I saw him go to pieces

I saw him go to pieces

He was always such a good man

He was always such a strong man

Yeah, I saw him go to pieces

I saw him g