I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity
Do you ever wonder just what God requires?;
You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires.
The vagabond who's rapping at your door;
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
I wish that for just one time;
You could stand inside my shoes;
You'd know what a drag it is;
To see you
Everybody's wearing a disguise;
To hide what they've got left behind their eyes
Lay down your weary tune, lay down,;
Lay down the song you strum,;
And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings;
No voice can hope to hum.
Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Seen the arrow on the doorpost;
Saying, "This land is condemned;
All the way from New Orleans;
To Jerusalem."
I could say that I'd be faithful, I could say it in one sweet, easy breath;
But to you that would be cruelty and to me it surely would be death.
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.
This time tomorrow I'll know you better;
When my memory is not so short.
I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized
You can make me cry;
Never say goodbye
Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
We sat in an empty theater and we kissed,;
I asked ya please to cross me off-a your list.
You're so damn nonchalant;
But it's your mind that I want.
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex,;
It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects.
That's how it is when things disintegrate
Lovin' you is the one thing I'll never regret.
Now, a very great man once said;
That some people rob you with a fountain pen.;
It didn't take too long to find out;
Just what he was talkin' about.
They say you're usin' voodoo, I seen your feet walk by themselves
If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself.
I don't want to fake you out
as long as the world keeps a-turnin', I just keep a-turnin' too.
Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
There's only one step down from here, baby,;
It's called the land of permanent bliss.
So long, New York.;
Howdy, East Orange.
And you, you took me in,;
You loved me then;
You didn't waste time.
He said, Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?;
I said, I got no money. He said, That ain't necessary.
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
Where black is the color, where none is the number
No knife could ever cut our love apart
If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry,;
What good am I?
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.
Sometimes the devil likes to drive you from the neighborhood.;
He'll even work his ways through those whose intentions are good.
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
Ring them bells, for the time that flies,;
For the child that cries;
When innocence dies.
You know, the streets are filled with vipers;
Who've lost all ray of hope,;
You know, it ain't even safe no more;
In the palace of the Pope.
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.
I don't need any reminder;
To know how much I really care
The treasure can't be found by men who search
Our conversation was short and sweet;
It nearly swept me off-a my feet.
Here is your throat back;
Thanks for the loan
But does anyone hear the music they play
Does anyone even try?
With haunted hearts through the heat and cold
We never thought we could ever get old
Always on the outside of whatever side there was,;
When they asked him why it had to be that way, "Well," he answered, "just because."
if every bone in his body was broken he would never admit it
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim,;
That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him
You'd better do somethin' quick;
She's your lover now.
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.
The sun's not yellow it's chicken
it is not he or she or them or it;
That you belong to.
Mama, take this badge off of me
Leaving men wholly, totally free;
To do anything they wish to do but die
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 just sitting here beating on my trumpet
You say my kisses are not like his,;
But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is.