Word by word she spoke to me Neath a mess of bygone linen She listens as to dry a thousand tongues My love is thin and thinning Some cherished flower
Self sent a twister A tearin' after me Gonna bust my house to splinters yes An' take all that's dear to me You say you saw it comin' yeah But still you
I ain't afraid of your laughin' Nor afraid of your fist Come on with it brother Your sweet betrayal kiss I ain't a scared of you no more Nor the scars
Everybody knows my business in this town Lips are loose the whole way 'round Where I go I leave a trail Hell to Heaven don't never fail Hell to Heaven
I guess you didn't hear me When I told you for the first time Well don't you worry It won't be the last All I need a floorboard An' a wooden shoe Step
Is anything as lovely to me as the truth in love I'll take it over freedom any day It brings me ever an' this time to my knees An on my knees I run away
Tonight you've caught your breath You've lost your American spirit If only I could catch my death, yeah Just give me long enough to fear it Her talk
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger Travelin' through a world of woe Ain't no sickness, toil or danger In that bright land to which I go I'm goin' there
Oh come sit down and give me your word That I'll be a man someday and I'll hurt These children around me this boy that I am It's up here for thinkin'
All the widows watch Through all window sills Hair raisin' in every room Up the street come a walkin' chill An' you ask for nothin' 'Cept to be by my
unseen down lane come petrified velvet close to me i imagined you some place else you who told me truth outside and so forth and so on i saw in your face
Black Bush i can sense it all around me there's somethin' in this room it ain't magic nor no witchcraft no bitch on no broom look see his bones are
Brimstone Rock listen closely to me now my darlin' girl there's one who's out to have you an jus' his breath will burn your curls don't you fret you
all the widows watch through all window sills hair raisin' in every room up the street come a walkin' chill an' you ask for nothin' 'cept to be by my
hey mister with your iron feet yeah never waver from your path you think you got a way with somethin' boy well see his hand an' feel his staff hey you
ovely lovely carol sue i see the heel of the father crush the head of the serpent for you an' that beast who found his way up to your room you know the
Just as sure as that suns gonna shine When he comes at his table I will dine Just as sure as that dog's gonna whine In my heart no longer will I pine
walkin' up with winkin' eyes seen that tight-lipped grin i could tell from a mile away boy you weren't my kin you best put a bridle on bridle on that