When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?
The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen,; But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine.
You were snow, you were rain; You were striped, you were plain,;
I'm sick of love but I'm in the thick of it
Junk is piling up, taking up space
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
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
She's got everything she needs,; She's an artist, she don't look back
I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound; Someone's always yelling turn it down
And every time you get this close; It makes me want to scream
Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch
I been hangin’ on threads
I been playin’ it straight
Now, I’ve just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
Put my tears in a bottle
Screw the top on tight
For the loser now; Will be later to win
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
You're so damn nonchalant; But it's your mind that I want.
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
Oh, some of us'll end up; In St. Cloud Prison,; And some of us'll wind up, To be lawyers and things
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
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?
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
Tough Mama; Can I blow a little smoke on you?
But even the president of the United States, Sometimes must have, To stand naked.
Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery,; Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery
Radiant jewel, mystical wife.
It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun; "I'm around too many children," he'd say, "they should never know of one."
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',; But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
Dark Beauty; Meet me at the border late tonight
If you want to live easy
Baby pack your clothes with mine
Whatever you wanted; Slipped out of my mind
The world of illusion is at my door
Nobody feels any pain
Ring them bells, for the time that flies,; For the child that cries; When innocence dies.
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.
Then she says, "I know you're an artist, draw a picture of me!"; I say, "I would if I could, but, ; I don't do sketches from memory."
They say ev'rything can be replaced
The sky is erupting, I must go where it's quiet.
The door has closed forevermore
If indeed there ever was a door
Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift
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."
You don't need a weather man; To know which way the wind blows
I'd never say; That I done it the way; That you'd have liked me to.
if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now
Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore; You may not see me tomorrow.
Some things last longer than you think they will; There are some kind of things you can never kill
Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud; Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood
She knows there's no success like failure; And that failure's no success at all.
Sooner or later, one of us must know; That I really did try to get close to you
People ask about you; I didn't tell them everything I knew
'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind.
He got an all girl orchestra and when he says; "Strike up the band," they hit it
All my friends have told me; If I hang around with you; That I'll go blind
You were trying to break into another world; A world I never knew.; I always kind of wondered; If you ever made it through.
I am hanging in the balance, of the reality of man; like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand
There's always some new stranger sneakin' glances,; Some trigger-happy fool willin' to take chances
The truth was obscure, too profound and too pure, to live it you have to explode.
Our conversation was short and sweet; It nearly swept me off-a my feet.
Well my nerves are exploding and my body's tense; I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against the fence