Every brain is civilized,; Every nerve is analyzed,; Everything is criticized when you are in need.
At dawn my lover comes to me; And tells me of her dreams; With no attempts to shovel the glimpse; Into the ditch of what each one means
Insanity is smashing up against my soul; You can say I was on anything but a roll; If I had a conscience, well I just might blow my top; What would I do with it anyway ; Maybe take it to the pawn shop
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.
Turn your back, wash your hands,; There's always someone who understands
he not busy being born, Is busy dying
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
I like the cool way you look at me,; Everything about you is bringing me; Misery.
I'll remember you; At the end of the trail,; I had so much left to do,; I had so little time to fail.
Time passes slowly when you're searchin' for love.
Go melt back into the night, babe,; Everything inside is made of stone.; There's nothing in here moving, An' anyway I'm not alone.
Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart.
And you, you took me in,; You loved me then; You didn't waste time.
I was all right 'til I fell in love with you
While my conscience explodes; The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
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."
Those are the hills of hell-fire my love; Where you and I will unite
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation; There are no words that need to be said
Done so many evil things in the name of love, it's a crying shame; I never did see no fire that could put out a flame.
Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you; It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
He looks so truthful, is this how he feels; Trying to peel the moon and expose it
So take heed, take heed of the western wind
Satan whispers to ya, "Well, I don't want to bore ya,; But when ya get tired of the Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya."
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.
if every bone in his body was broken he would never admit it
Where black is the color, where none is the number
He bought me with a price,; Freed me from the pit,; Full of emptiness and wrath; And the fire that burns in it.
Have I surrendered to the will of God; Or am I still acting like the boss?
The birds are flyin' low babe, honey I feel so exposed
I stood unwound beneath the skies; And clouds unbound by laws.
Leaving men wholly, totally free; To do anything they wish to do but die
I looked at my watch; I looked at my wrist; I punched myself in the face with my fist
Saw you drift into infinity and come back again
Well my house is on fire, burning to the sky
As his youth now unfolds; He is centuries old; Just to see him at play makes me smile; No matter what happens to me; No matter what my destiny; Lord, protect my child
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
Well, I don't have to be no doctor, babe,; To see that you're madly in love.
When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take; To find dignity
She's got everything she needs,; She's an artist, she don't look back
Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress
Whatever you gonna do,; Please do it fast.
We never thought we could ever get old.; We thought we could sit forever in fun
The vagabond who's rapping at your door; Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
He said his name was Columbus; I just said, "Good luck."
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously; But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
I'm going back to New York City; I do believe I've had enough
Now you stand here expectin' me to remember somethin' you forgot to say
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line,; Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
You could make me cry if you don't know.
She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.
We're idiots, babe.; It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
Well the desert is hot, the mountain is cursed,; Pray that I don't die of thirst,; Baby, two feet from the well.
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
Junk is piling up, taking up space
No knife could ever cut our love apart
I'm goin' down to Tennessee,; Get me a truck 'r somethin'.; Gonna save my money and rip it up!
I was in a whirlwind, now I'm in some better place.
