Pieces Of A Man Lyrics - Pieces Of A Man - Gil Scott-heron

Jagged jigsaw pieces 

Tossed about the room 

I saw my grandma sweepin' 

With her old straw broom 

But she didn't what she was doin' 

She could hardly understand 

That she was really sweepin' 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" 

But he didn't know what he was saying 

He could hardly understand 

That he was only talkin' to 

Pieces of a man 

I saw the thunder and heard the lightnin'! 

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 

But they don't know what they are doing 

They could hardly understand 

That they're only arrestin' 

Pieces of a man