All the people we used to know; Are an illusion to me now
Have I surrendered to the will of God; Or am I still acting like the boss?
What kind of sign they need when it all come from within
You're the one I've been looking for,; You're the one that's got the key.; But I can't figure out whether I'm too good for you; Or you're too good for me.
For I know that you know that I know that you know; Something is tearing up your mind.
Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp.
Love is so simple, to quote a phrase,; You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days.
Was that the thunder that I heard?; My head is vibrating, I feel a sharp pain
I looked at my watch; I looked at my wrist; I punched myself in the face with my fist
Don't trust me to show you beauty; When beauty may only turn to rust.
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed; Dignity never been photographed
Everybody must get stoned.
Every time you leave and go off someplace,; Things fall to pieces in my face
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties; Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
I don't want to fake you out
Can't you hear that motor turnin'?; Automobile comin' into style
If this is love then gimme more; And more and more and more and more.
My so-called friends have fallen under a spell.; They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "All is well."; Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high; When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die?
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull,; He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull.
Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road
Lookin' at my shadow watching the colors up above
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
Louise, she's all right, she's just near; She's delicate and seems like the mirror; But she just makes it all too concise and too clear; That Johanna's not here
Somethin' there is about you that I can't quite put my finger on.
It's all been designed, he said, "To make you lose your mind,; And when you go back to find it, there's nothing there to find."
Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
On the rising curve,; Where the ways of nature will test every nerve,; You won't get anything you don't deserve,; Where we were born in time.
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Darkness at the break of noon
Don't trust me to show you love; When my love may be only lust.
Ring them bells, for the time that flies,; For the child that cries; When innocence dies.
if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now
The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen,; But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine.
Sometimes the devil likes to drive you from the neighborhood.; He'll even work his ways through those whose intentions are good.
What good am I if I know and don't do,; I If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation; There are no words that need to be said
Have you got some unfinished business?; Is there something holding you back?; Are you thinking for yourself; Or are you following the pack?
Yes, I see you on your window ledge; But I can't tell just how far away you are from the edge
You're gonna have to serve somebody.
And then you told me later, as I apologized; That you were just kiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm
Soon as a man is born, you know the sparks begin to fly, He gets wise in his own eyes and he's made to believe a lie.
She says, "What'll it be?"; I say, "I don't know, you got any soft boiled eggs?"
Don't trust me to show you the truth; When the truth may only be ashes and dust.
Now the rainman gave me two cures,; Then he said, "Jump right in."; The one was Texas medicine,; The other was just railroad gin.
She's a hypnotist collector
That long black cloud is comin' down
He said his name was Columbus; I just said, "Good luck."
I was all right 'til I fell in love with you
But I mean no harm nor put fault, On anyone that lives in a vault, But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.
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
Won't you dance with me?; I'm fallin' in love with you.
It's many a guard; That stands around smilin',; Holdin' his club; Like he was a king.
The country music station plays soft; but there's nothing, really nothing, to turn off
Did I miss the mark or; Over-step the line; That only you could see?
Sooner or later, one of us must know; That I really did try to get close to you
I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity
