Everybody must get stoned.
But the enemy I see
Wears a cloak of decency
If dogs run free, why not me;
Across the swamp of time?
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously;
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take;
To find dignity
Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun?;
Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one.
You cast your spell and I went under,;
I find it so difficult to leave.
What was it you wanted;
When you were kissing my check?
How long can I stay drunk on fear out in the wilderness?
I couldn't see what you could show me;
Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid
Am I no longer a part of your plans or your dreams?
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed;
Dignity never been photographed
Don't trust me to show you beauty;
When beauty may only turn to rust.
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies;
I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
Wealth is a filthy rag;
So erotic so unpatriotic;
So wrapped up in the American flag
Radiant jewel, mystical wife.
There are those who worship loneliness, I'm not one of them
That long black cloud is comin' down
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
When my life is over, it'll be like a puff of smoke
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Will I ever learn that there'll be no peace, that the war won't cease;
Until He returns?
Tough Mama;
Can I blow a little smoke on you?
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch
Now the rainman gave me two cures,;
Then he said, "Jump right in.";
The one was Texas medicine,;
The other was just railroad gin.
The truth was obscure, too profound and too pure, to live it you have to explode.
I could say that I'd be faithful, I could say it in one sweet, easy breath;
But to you that would be cruelty and to me it surely would be death.
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.
