Too Tough To Die

I always wonder why 
My mama left town 
New Haven ain't a bag of salt 
When nobody knows your name 
You look so different over the phone 
Seven states away they're doin' 
Doin' the strange fruit swing 
When they come down 
You have to leave town 

I am 
Too tough to die 
I am 
Too tough to die 

Blessed are those who believe 
Who believe and have not seen 
I wasn't there 
And it's got me wondering 
And the man you make then and now 
He's burning 
School's are learning you can't unlearn 
No room to turn 
Let alone run 

And I am 
Too tough to die 
I am 
Too tough to die 

It's in their eyes 
It's unspoken 
Don't even know they're out to do you harm 
Can't even see the pulse beating 
In the axle of your arm 

Outlaw wearin' diamond patches 
of sunlight on his coat 
Livin in a cage make a 7 time daddy 
lose his mind to roam 
Derision's a cold wind against my skin 
You keep a-flayin til there's no skin at all 
What's to hold it together when you stumble 
And you fall 

I am 
Too tough to die 
I am 
Too tough to die