When you know as well as me;
You'd rather see me paralyzed
Am I no longer a part of your plans or your dreams?
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain;
Pay for your ticket and don't complain
Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' through the trees?
The country music station plays soft;
but there's nothing, really nothing, to turn off
Now, a very great man once said;
That some people rob you with a fountain pen.;
It didn't take too long to find out;
Just what he was talkin' about.
We're idiots, babe.;
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
You can make me cry;
Never say goodbye
Satan whispers to ya, "Well, I don't want to bore ya,;
But when ya get tired of the Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya."
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim,;
That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him
It was then that I got up to leave;
But she said, "Don't forget,;
Everybody must give something back;
For something they get."
Talk about perfection, I ain't never seen none
Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream.
It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun;
"I'm around too many children," he'd say, "they should never know of one."
Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me;
And I do not really need to be;
Assured that love is just a four-letter word
May you build a ladder to the stars;
And climb on every rung.
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
The night is pitch black, come an' make my;
Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart.
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
No time to suffer or blink;
And no time to think
I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells;
I'd taken the cure and had just gotten through
This time tomorrow I'll know you better;
When my memory is not so short.
Sooner or later, one of us must know;
That I really did try to get close to you
Cities on fire, phones out of order
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble
