What was it you wanted; When you were kissing my check?
Well the desert is hot, the mountain is cursed,; Pray that I don't die of thirst,; Baby, two feet from the well.
The night passed away so quickly; It always does when you're with me.
Your temperature's too hot for taming
You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live,; When I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give
There's only one step down from here, baby,; It's called the land of permanent bliss.
If your mem'ry serves you well,; You'll remember you're the one; That called on me to call on them; To get you your favors done.
But I will be back, I will survive,; You'll never get rid of me as long as you're alive.
All my friends have told me; If I hang around with you; That I'll go blind
You don't want a love that's pure; You wanna drown love; You want a watered-down love
Leaving men wholly, totally free; To do anything they wish to do but die
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea; Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
I'll see you later when I'm not so out of my head,; Maybe next time I'll let the dead bury the dead.
I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized
And they're breaking down the distance; Between right and wrong.
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
Rock me, pretty baby, rock me 'til everything gets real; Rock me for a little while, rock me 'til there's nothing left to feel; And I'll rock you too
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
Do you ever wonder just what God requires?; You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires.
Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp.
The party's over, and there's less and less to say
Well it's way past midnight and there are people all around; Some on their way up, some on their way down
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting; That's hanging in the Louvre
We sat in an empty theater and we kissed,; I asked ya please to cross me off-a your list.
They said it was the land of milk and honey,; now they say it's the land of money.; Who ever thought they could ever make that stick.
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch
The treasure can't be found by men who search
Sometimes I wanna take to the road and plunder
But the enemy I see
Wears a cloak of decency
Go 'way from my window,; Leave at your own chosen speed.
Lost time is not found again
If you're a doctor, I need a shot of love.
All I really want to do,; Is, baby, be friends with you.
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave,; "Let's go and play Adam and Eve."; I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'; When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin',; You see what happened last time they started."
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 pointed out the way to go; And scratched your name in sand,; Though you just thought it was nothing more; Than a place for you to stand.
Well, if I had to do it all over again,; Babe, I'd do it all over you.
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.
While my conscience explodes; The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
If dogs run free, why not me; Across the swamp of time?
Gon' walk on down that dirt road 'til I'm right beside the sun
if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow
If the bible is right, the world will explode
the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming
You have explained every mystery.; What can I do for You?
Handy dandy, he got a basket of flowers and a bag full or sorrow
People on the platforms; Waiting for the trains; I can hear their hearts a-beatin'; Like pendulums swinging on chains
When I met you, baby,; You didn't show no visible scars.
We grew up together; From the cradle to the grave; We died and were reborn; And then mysteriously saved.
A saxophone someplace far off played
I still can remember the way that you smiled
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
My love she speaks like silence
Don't follow leaders; Watch the parkin' meters
I need a steam shovel mama to keep away the dead
You're the other half of what I am, you're the missing piece
