He bought me with a price,; Freed me from the pit,; Full of emptiness and wrath; And the fire that burns in it.
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
What good am I if I say foolish things; And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings; And I just turn my back while you silently die,; What good am I?
Well, I don't have to be no doctor, babe,; To see that you're madly in love.
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed; Dignity never been photographed
Oh the fishes will laugh; As they swim out of the path; And the seagulls they'll be smiling.
Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart.
Let me ask you one question; Is your money that good
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
Just do your thing, you'll be king; If dogs run free.
The birds are flyin' low babe, honey I feel so exposed
I've already ripped out the phones, honey.; You can't walk the streets in a war
Now at midnight all the agents; And the superhuman crew; Come out and round up everyone; That knows more than they do
And if my thought-dreams could be seen, They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble
The night passed away so quickly; It always does when you're with me.
She knows there's no success like failure; And that failure's no success at all.
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,; I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory,; And all your ragin' glory.
Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain; That could hold you dear lady from going insane
I still got my voice left, I can take it anywhere I go
We're idiots, babe.; It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take; To find dignity
In the hills of mystery,; In the foggy web of destiny,; You can have what's left of me,; Where we were born in time.
And they're breaking down the distance; Between right and wrong.
You will search, babe, At any cost.; But how long, babe, Can you search for what's not lost?
I thought somehow that I would be spared this fate
Searching for my double, looking for; Complete evaporation to the core
I'm sick of love but I'm in the thick of it
Have I surrendered to the will of God; Or am I still acting like the boss?
Am I no longer a part of your plans or your dreams?
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime; Or is it just solid rock?
When the last rays of daylight go down; Buddy, you'll roll no more; I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard; I wonder who they're ringing for
Something there is about you that brings back a long forgotten truth
Will I ever learn that there'll be no peace, that the war won't cease; Until He returns?
All my friends have told me; If I hang around with you; That I'll go blind
I'd never say; That I done it the way; That you'd have liked me to.
They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table.
But the magician is quicker and his game; Is much thicker than blood and blacker than ink
It's mighty funny; the end of time has just begun
Can't you hear that motor turnin'?; Automobile comin' into style
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."
I see people who are supposed to know better standin' around like furniture.
I finally realize there's no room for regret
Gon' walk on down that dirt road 'til I'm right beside the sun
I was all right 'til I fell in love with you
What's lost is lost, we can't regain what went down in the flood
For all eternity I think I will remember; That icy wind that's howling in your eye.
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain; You give something up for everything you gain
Some things in life, it gets too late to learn
You can't get to glory by the raising and the lowering of no flag.; Put your goodness next to God's and it comes out like a filthy rag.
I stood unwound beneath the skies; And clouds unbound by laws.
We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn
My love for her is taking such a long time to die
Precious angel, you believe me when I say; What God has given to us no man can take away.
You were trying to break into another world; A world I never knew.; I always kind of wondered; If you ever made it through.
