Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp.
Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time
Gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag;
Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag;
Only a fool in here would think he's got anything to prove
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed;
Dignity never been photographed
That's how it is when things disintegrate
While my conscience explodes;
The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through
Your mind is your temple, keep it beautiful and free,;
Don't let an egg get laid in it by something you can't see.
We're both just one too many mornings;
An' a thousand miles behind.
I finally realize there's no room for regret
For all eternity I think I will remember;
That icy wind that's howling in your eye.
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation;
There are no words that need to be said
You were snow, you were rain;
You were striped, you were plain,;
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt.
I was in a whirlwind, now I'm in some better place.
Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
It's mighty funny;
the end of time has just begun
My head tells me it's time to make a change;
But my heart is telling me I love ya but you're strange.
I'm T-boned and punctured;
But I'm known to be calm
You have explained every mystery.;
What can I do for You?
The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen,;
But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine.
When we meet again;
Introduced as friends;
Please don't let on that you knew me when;
I was hungry and it was your world.
Let me ask you one question;
Is your money that good
It's all been designed, he said, "To make you lose your mind,;
And when you go back to find it, there's nothing there to find."
Not one more night, not one more kiss,;
Not this time baby, no more of this,;
Takes too much skill, takes too much will,;
It's revealing.
She's a hypnotist collector
Pain sure brings out the best in people, doesn't it?
He got an all girl orchestra and when he says;
"Strike up the band," they hit it
