I been hangin’ on threads
I been playin’ it straight
Now, I’ve just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
Something there is about you that brings back a long forgotten truth
The vagabond who's rapping at your door;
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
Most of the time;
I can't even be sure;
If she was ever with me;
Or if I was with her.
As the last fire truck from hell;
Goes rolling by, all good people are praying
If you're lookin' to get silly;
You better go back to from where you came
Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp.
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
The birds are flyin' low babe, honey I feel so exposed
Did I miss the mark or;
Over-step the line;
That only you could see?
Can't you make any sound?
It's too hot to sleep time is running away
All the tired horses in the sun;
How'm I supposed to get any ridin' done? Hmm.
Don't trust me to show you the truth;
When the truth may only be ashes and dust.
What happened to the real you, you've been captured but by whom?
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
At dawn my lover comes to me;
And tells me of her dreams;
With no attempts to shovel the glimpse;
Into the ditch of what each one means
Roses are red, violets are blue;
And time is beginning to crawl
Wiggle 'til you're high, wiggle 'til you're higher,;
Wiggle 'til you vomit fire
Let the wind blow low, let the wind blow high.;
One day the little boy and the little girl were both baked in a pie.
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Time is all I have to give
Your temperature's too hot for taming
Your cracked country lips,;
I still wish to kiss,;
As to be under the strength of your skin.
I couldn't see where we were goin';
But you said you knew an' I took your word
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.
Gon' walk on down that dirt road 'til I'm right beside the sun
