I was in a whirlwind, now I'm in some better place.
Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand,; And rivers that ran through ev'ry day.
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast;
Oh, but what a shame if all we've shared can't last.
Searching for my double, looking for; Complete evaporation to the core
I couldn't see what you could show me; Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid
And the words that are used; For to get the ship confused; Will not be understood as they're spoken.
Wiggle 'til you're high, wiggle 'til you're higher,; Wiggle 'til you vomit fire
Well, I don't have to be no doctor, babe,; To see that you're madly in love.
Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't; But not tonight and it won't be here; There are things I could say but I don't; I know the mercy of God must be near
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind; You could have done better but I don't mind; You just kinda wasted my precious time
Every time you leave and go off someplace,; Things fall to pieces in my face
The sky is trembling, And I must leave.
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing.
take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
Tell ev'rybody; Down in ol' 'Frisco; That Tiny Montgomery's comin'; Down to say Hello
Too many thoughts get in the way in the day
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
Do you know where we're headin'?; Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint.
It was then that I got up to leave; But she said, "Don't forget,; Everybody must give something back; For something they get."
Time is all I have to give
I stood unwound beneath the skies; And clouds unbound by laws.
'Cause he doesn't tell you jokes or fairy tales, say he's got no style.
I just want you to know; I can see through your masks
It's the ways of the flesh to war against the spirit; Twenty-four hours a day you can feel it and you can hear it; Using all the devices under the sun.
If dogs run free, why not me; Across the swamp of time?
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings, And I've never been too impressed.
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
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed; Dignity never been photographed
Whatever you gonna do,; Please do it fast.
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.
Now you stand here expectin' me to remember somethin' you forgot to say
Nations are angry, cursed are some,; People are expecting a false peace to come.
They say you're usin' voodoo, I seen your feet walk by themselves
Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' through the trees?
Now at midnight all the agents; And the superhuman crew; Come out and round up everyone; That knows more than they do
Here is your throat back; Thanks for the loan
The world of illusion is at my door
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
Your temperature's too hot for taming
But the magician is quicker and his game; Is much thicker than blood and blacker than ink
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.
I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you.; I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard 'em too.
What was it you wanted; When you were kissing my check?
Has the record been breaking,; Did the needle just skip
I like the cool way you look at me,; Everything about you is bringing me; Misery.
You're the other half of what I am, you're the missing piece
Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
You don't need a weather man; To know which way the wind blows
People are crazy and times are strange
What's lost is lost, we can't regain what went down in the flood
Oh it's rush hour now; On the wheel and the plow; And the sun is going down; Upon the sacred cow.
Look into infinity, all you see is trouble.
Now, don't crowd me, lady; Or I'll fill up your shoe
Cities on fire, phones out of order
We always did feel the same,; We just saw it from a different point of view