Do you know where we're headin'?; Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,; Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,; With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,; Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
I'll remember you; When the wind blows through the piney wood.
take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
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.
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',; But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
I hate myself for lovin' you and the weakness that it showed; You were just a painted face on a trip down Suicide Road
No knife could ever cut our love apart
I can't provide for you no easy answers,; Who are you that I should have to lie?
At the corrida we'll sit in the shade; And watch the young torero stand alone.; We'll drink tequila where our grandfathers stayed; When they rode with Villa into Torreon.
Never could learn to drink that blood; And call it wine
Silver and gold; Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall.
No time to suffer or blink; And no time to think
Cities on fire, phones out of order
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies; I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
And, when I was through; I filled up my shoe; And brought it to you.
Every day of the year's like playin' Russian roulette
Sometimes I wanna take to the road and plunder
Oh, ev'ry thought that's strung a knot in my mind,; I might go insane if it couldn't be sprung.
Gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag; Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag; Only a fool in here would think he's got anything to prove
Tell ev'rybody; Down in ol' 'Frisco; That Tiny Montgomery's comin'; Down to say Hello
Praise be to Nero's Neptune; The Titanic sails at dawn; And everybody's shouting; Which Side Are You On?
We always did feel the same,; We just saw it from a different point of view
Now, when I was just a bawlin' child,; I saw what I wanted to be
Those are the hills of hell-fire my love; Where you and I will unite
And every time you get this close; It makes me want to scream
When you know as well as me; You'd rather see me paralyzed
Put my tears in a bottle
Screw the top on tight
I need a dump truck mama to unload my head
And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let go no more.
And you never ask questions; When God's on your side.
Go 'way from my window,; Leave at your own chosen speed.
I can smile in the face of mankind.; Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine; Most of the time.
But does anyone hear the music they play
Does anyone even try?
You think you can hide but you're never alone,; Ask Lot what he thought when his wife turned to stone.
Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.
And every one of them words rang true; And glowed like burnin' coal; Pourin' off of every page; Like it was written in my soul from me to you
I was in your presence for an hour or so; Or was it a day? I truly don't know.
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory
If God's on our side; He'll stop the next war.
It's the last temptation; The last account; The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount,; The last radio is playing.
Here is your throat back; Thanks for the loan
You have explained every mystery.; What can I do for You?
Gon' walk on down that dirt road 'til I'm right beside the sun
the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming
There's always some new stranger sneakin' glances,; Some trigger-happy fool willin' to take chances
Love is so simple, to quote a phrase,; You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days.
Well, I got a harmonica job, begun to play,; Blowin' my lungs out for a dollar a day.
In the home of the brave
Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull,; He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull.
Did I miss the mark or; Over-step the line; That only you could see?
Mama, take this badge off of me
Seen the arrow on the doorpost; Saying, "This land is condemned; All the way from New Orleans; To Jerusalem."
We're both just one too many mornings; An' a thousand miles behind.
The way is long but the end is near, Already the fiesta has begun
Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand,; And rivers that ran through ev'ry day.
Time passes slowly when you're searchin' for love.
