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On December first, nineteen forty eight
A well dressed man was found dead on Somerton beach
He was leaning against the seawall, his legs crossed
People saw him the night before, thought he was drunk


Somerton Man
Cause of death unknown
Somerton Man
The truth never shown
Somerton Man
The code never solved
What happened to him that day
Somerton Man

No identification found on his body
Every label on his clothes had been removed
A hidden pocket was found in his trousers
Inside a piece of paper with the words Tam'am Shud


Somerton Man
Cause of death unknown
Somerton Man
The truth never shown
Somerton Man
The code never solved
What happened to him that day
Somerton Man

Police publicized the Tam'am Shud clue
A man came forward with a book
He found it on the backseat of his unlocked car
It was a copy of the Rub'aiy'at
The last page had been torn out
It matched the paper found in the hidden pocket

Somerton Man
Cause of death unknown
Somerton Man
The truth never shown
Somerton Man
The code never solved
What happened to him that day
Somerton Man


Inside the book was an unlisted phone number
It belonged to a nurse, police called her
She said she did not know the man
The book had a code written on one of the pages
To this day it's never been deciphered

Somerton Man
Cause of death unknown
Somerton Man
The truth never shown
Somerton Man
The code never solved
What happened to him that day
Somerton Man