Lay down your weary tune, lay down,; Lay down the song you strum,; And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings; No voice can hope to hum.
Now, don't crowd me, lady; Or I'll fill up your shoe
As his youth now unfolds; He is centuries old; Just to see him at play makes me smile; No matter what happens to me; No matter what my destiny; Lord, protect my child
People tell me it's a sin; To know and feel too much within.
I couldn't see what you could show me; Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid
I'll remember you; When the wind blows through the piney wood.
Do I need your permission to turn the other cheek?; If you can read my mind, why must I speak?
Too many thoughts get in the way in the day
your pleasure knows no limits
Most of the time; I can't even be sure; If she was ever with me; Or if I was with her.
And then you told me later, as I apologized; That you were just kiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm
As the last fire truck from hell; Goes rolling by, all good people are praying
Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit?
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull,; He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull.
In your teardrops, I can see my own reflection
She's a hypnotist collector
Done so many evil things in the name of love, it's a crying shame; I never did see no fire that could put out a flame.
I'm walking through streets that are dead
She knows there's no success like failure; And that failure's no success at all.
All right, I'll take a chance, I will fall in love with you
I been hangin’ on threads
I been playin’ it straight
Now, I’ve just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too"; He said, "You're not Him"
Some things last longer than you think they will; There are some kind of things you can never kill
They tell me everything is gonna be all right; But I don't know what "all right" even means
I want to thank You, Lord,; I just want to thank You, Lord,; Thank You, Lord.
When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious
You lose yourself, you reappear
Your magnetic movements; Still capture the minutes I'm in.
And you never ask questions; When God's on your side.
Don't trust me to show you the truth; When the truth may only be ashes and dust.
All I really want to do,; Is, baby, be friends with you.
People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah,; Makes you stop and all wonder why.
Silver and gold; Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
He said, Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?; I said, I got no money. He said, That ain't necessary.
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
goodbye's too good a word, gal; so I'll just say fare thee well
My children will go, As soon as they grow.; Well, there ain't nothing here now to hold them.
Where black is the color, where none is the number
I couldn't see where we were goin'; But you said you knew an' I took your word
She once was a true love of mine
Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk; Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.; Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?; You looked a little burned out, my friend,; I thought it might be up to me.
And every time you get this close; It makes me want to scream
Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
I must admit I felt a little uneasy; When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
Now you stand here expectin' me to remember somethin' you forgot to say
I'm T-boned and punctured; But I'm known to be calm
Well it's way past midnight and there are people all around; Some on their way up, some on their way down
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory
How does it feel
The sky is trembling, And I must leave.
I like the cool way you look at me,; Everything about you is bringing me; Misery.
Every day of the year's like playin' Russian roulette
Oh my name it is nothin'; My age it means less
The night passed away so quickly; It always does when you're with me.
If you're lookin' to get silly; You better go back to from where you came
I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings, And I've never been too impressed.
What was it you wanted; When you were kissing my check?
