Well, I try my best; To be just like I am,; But everybody wants you; To be just like them.
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,; Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss.
I seen the kingdoms of the world and it's makin' me feel afraid.
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
Took a stranger to teach me, to look into justice's beautiful face; And to see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
If there's a poor boy on the street,; Then let him have my seat; 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.
She says, "What'll it be?"; I say, "I don't know, you got any soft boiled eggs?"
When we meet again; Introduced as friends; Please don't let on that you knew me when; I was hungry and it was your world.
My children will go, As soon as they grow.; Well, there ain't nothing here now to hold them.
Did I miss the mark or; Over-step the line; That only you could see?
Satan whispers to ya, "Well, I don't want to bore ya,; But when ya get tired of the Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya."
Could you ever be true?
Ain't complaining 'bout what I got; Seen better times, but who has not?
A saxophone someplace far off played
Senor, senor, let's disconnect these cables,; Overturn these tables.; This place don't make sense to me no more.
You're so damn nonchalant; But it's your mind that I want.
There was music in the cafes at night; And revolution in the air.
The sky is trembling, And I must leave.
Have you got some unfinished business?; Is there something holding you back?; Are you thinking for yourself; Or are you following the pack?
You know, news of you has come down the line; Even before ya came in the door.; They say in your father's house, there's many mansions; Each one of them got a fireproof floor.
This time tomorrow I'll know you better; When my memory is not so short.
She got a weird sense of humor that's all her own
If I had wings and I could fly,; I know where I would go.
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
You can make me cry; Never say goodbye
What happened to the real you, you've been captured but by whom?
Won't you come with me, baby?; I'll take you where you wanna go.; And if it don't work out, You'll be the first to know
Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down.; Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain't no neutral ground.
Do you know where we're headin'?; Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
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.
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
Pain sure brings out the best in people, doesn't it?
Well, they're not showing any lights tonight; And there's no moon.
You got a lotta nerve; To say you are my friend
Nobody feels any pain
In your teardrops, I can see my own reflection
Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time
The drinks are ready and the dogs are going to war
I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound; Someone's always yelling turn it down
I see you kiss her on the cheek ev'rytime she gives a speech
Ring them bells, for the time that flies,; For the child that cries; When innocence dies.
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime; Or is it just solid rock?
They used to grow food in Kansas; Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw.; I can see the day coming when even your home garden; Is gonna be against the law.
In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over in his grave
You lose yourself, you reappear
How does it feel
Reality has always had too many heads
What looks large from a distance,; Close up ain't never that big.
Yesterday everything was going too fast; Today, it's moving too slow
It's for myself and my friends my stories are sung.
No knife could ever cut our love apart
Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road
My head tells me it's time to make a change; But my heart is telling me I love ya but you're strange.
Every brain is civilized,; Every nerve is analyzed,; Everything is criticized when you are in need.
She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
I need a dump truck mama to unload my head
I know God is my shield and he won't lead me astray
