So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.
If you're lookin' to get silly; You better go back to from where you came
Don't have to look no further, you're the soul of many things.
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face,; And the dust of rumors covers me.
I'm going out of my mind; With a pain that stops and starts
I'm in the streets; With the tombstone blues
Now at midnight all the agents; And the superhuman crew; Come out and round up everyone; That knows more than they do
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.
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
I just want you to know; I can see through your masks
And you, you took me in,; You loved me then; You didn't waste time.
Boys in the street beginning to play; Girls like birds flying away
Dark Beauty; Meet me at the border late tonight
It's many a guard; That stands around smilin',; Holdin' his club; Like he was a king.
My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
Now the rainman gave me two cures,; Then he said, "Jump right in."; The one was Texas medicine,; The other was just railroad gin.
Every day of the year's like playin' Russian roulette
Never could learn to drink that blood; And call it wine
My love for her is taking such a long time to die
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
I can change, I swear, oh, oh,; See what you can do.; I can make it through,; You can make it too.
What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?
Sooner or later, one of us must know; That I really did try to get close to you
But the enemy I see
Wears a cloak of decency
Pain sure brings out the best in people, doesn't it?
Oh, ev'ry thought that's strung a knot in my mind,; I might go insane if it couldn't be sprung.
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull,; He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull.
Whatever you wanted; Slipped out of my mind
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed; Dignity never been photographed
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'.
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
Could you ever be true?
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
Most of the time; I can't even be sure; If she was ever with me; Or if I was with her.
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
Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk; Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.; Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?; You looked a little burned out, my friend,; I thought it might be up to me.
It's the last temptation; The last account; The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount,; The last radio is playing.
Love is so simple, to quote a phrase,; You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days.
Well my nerves are exploding and my body's tense; I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against the fence
I wasn't born to lose you.
You should be made; To wear earphones
I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
No time to suffer or blink; And no time to think
When you know as well as me; You'd rather see me paralyzed
She said, "Be easy, baby,; There ain't nothin' worth stealin' in here."
You could make me cry if you don't know.
There are those who worship loneliness, I'm not one of them
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave,; "Let's go and play Adam and Eve."; I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'; When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin',; You see what happened last time they started."
All he believes are his eyes, And his eyes, they just tell him lies
