The night is pitch black, come an' make my; Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
You were snow, you were rain; You were striped, you were plain,;
Ever since you walked right in, the circle's been complete
Your temperature's too hot for taming
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
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.
The door has closed forevermore
If indeed there ever was a door
Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night,; And the diamonds from the deepest ocean,; I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss,; For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.
Just like you I'm wondrin' what I'm doin' here.; Just like you I'm wondrin' what's goin' on.
You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live,; When I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give
I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized
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.
They tell me revenge is sweet and from where they stand, I'm sure it is.
In your teardrops, I can see my own reflection
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
He bought me with a price,; Freed me from the pit,; Full of emptiness and wrath; And the fire that burns in it.
You were trying to break into another world; A world I never knew.; I always kind of wondered; If you ever made it through.
Now, when I was just a bawlin' child,; I saw what I wanted to be
Well it's way past midnight and there are people all around; Some on their way up, some on their way down
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
Goodnight, my love, may the lord have mercy on us all.
While my conscience explodes; The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl,; No more booby traps and bombs,; No more decadence and charm,; No more affection that's misplaced, girl
Seen the arrow on the doorpost; Saying, "This land is condemned; All the way from New Orleans; To Jerusalem."
Turn your back, wash your hands,; There's always someone who understands
Are you looking at me and thinking of somebody else?
Nations are angry, cursed are some,; People are expecting a false peace to come.
It was then that I got up to leave; But she said, "Don't forget,; Everybody must give something back; For something they get."
Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink; Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think
My so-called friends have fallen under a spell.; They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "All is well."; Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high; When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die?
You're the one I've been looking for,; You're the one that's got the key.; But I can't figure out whether I'm too good for you; Or you're too good for me.
When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?
I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too"; He said, "You're not Him"
Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
I'm going back to New York City; I do believe I've had enough
For all eternity I think I will remember; That icy wind that's howling in your eye.
if every bone in his body was broken he would never admit it
They say ev'rything can be replaced
If you're a doctor, I need a shot of love.
Gon' walk on down until I'm right beside the sun; I'm gonna have to put up a barrier to keep myself away from everyone.
If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies; I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
If I ever lose her I will go insane; I go half crazy when she calls my name
I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt.
I'm hungry and I'm irritable; And I'm tired of this bag of tricks.; At one time there was nothing wrong with me; That you could not fix.
It ain't my cup of meat.
The sky is trembling, And I must leave.
It's many a guard; That stands around smilin',; Holdin' his club; Like he was a king.
Reality has always had too many heads
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow
Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' through the trees?
I'll see you later when I'm not so out of my head,; Maybe next time I'll let the dead bury the dead.
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
Your magnetic movements; Still capture the minutes I'm in.
People carry roses
Make promises by the hours
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can't buy her
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face,; And the dust of rumors covers me.
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.
In the day of confession; We cannot mock a soul.; Oh, when there's too much of nothing,; No one has control.
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.
