While my conscience explodes; The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
Our conversation was short and sweet; It nearly swept me off-a my feet.
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' through the trees?
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
Some things in life, it gets too late to learn
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
Ain't complaining 'bout what I got; Seen better times, but who has not?
Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you; It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
The pump don't work; 'Cause the vandals took the handles
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast;
Oh, but what a shame if all we've shared can't last.
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies; I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain; Pay for your ticket and don't complain
Don't follow leaders; Watch the parkin' meters
Well, I don't have to be no doctor, babe,; To see that you're madly in love.
Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man.
Silver and gold; Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
For the loser now; Will be later to win
What was it you wanted; When you were kissing my check?
Most of the time; I can't even be sure; If she was ever with me; Or if I was with her.
Yes, I see you on your window ledge; But I can't tell just how far away you are from the edge
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face,; And the dust of rumors covers me.
Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past; I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast
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.
We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn
There's only one step down from here, baby,; It's called the land of permanent bliss.
I fought with my twin, that enemy within, 'til both of us fell by the way.
When He rose from the dead, did they believe?
Don't trust me to show you love; When my love may be only lust.
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation; There are no words that need to be said
My love she speaks like silence
You're the other half of what I am, you're the missing piece
When the last rays of daylight go down; Buddy, you'll roll no more; I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard; I wonder who they're ringing for
Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain; That could hold you dear lady from going insane
It ain't my cup of meat.
All the people we used to know; Are an illusion to me now
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand; In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
Yesterday everything was going too fast; Today, it's moving too slow
And you, you took me in,; You loved me then; You didn't waste time.
there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden
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.
your pleasure knows no limits
I'm goin' down to Tennessee,; Get me a truck 'r somethin'.; Gonna save my money and rip it up!
Praise be to Nero's Neptune; The Titanic sails at dawn; And everybody's shouting; Which Side Are You On?
Your loyalty is not to me; But to the stars above
He looks so truthful, is this how he feels; Trying to peel the moon and expose it
Well it's way past midnight and there are people all around; Some on their way up, some on their way down
Let me ask you one question; Is your money that good
And every one of them words rang true; And glowed like burnin' coal; Pourin' off of every page; Like it was written in my soul from me to you
My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
I'm walking through streets that are dead
Somethin' there is about you that I can't quite put my finger on.
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?
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
