They would seek high they would seek low   Calling their manchild as the trouble did flow   There's always somebody to watch over me   I'm never alone I wish they'd leave me be   Never alone, I'm never alone      I'm just a boy not long for this world   I'm called Nelsito and I'm thirteen years old   For nearly two decades this vendetta has raged   There are no men I'm the last in the chain   Last in the chain I'm manchild man      Marimba sing high marimba sing low   Marimba sing high as the cemetery grows   All have been wept for husbands, brothers, grandsons,   Nephews, cousins, uncles, fathers and sons      I walk in boots too big for me   The women do cry as they watch over me   I work at the altar I try to be good   But just like the others I'll soon travel in wood   I try to be good manchild in wood      I wait for manhood I'm the manchild