(Butch Hancock). . I was standin at a big hotel. wishin everybody well. but if anybody paid me any mind it was hard to tell. a big policeman on his beat.
So you wanna be rich.... You want the women to swoon. When you walk in the room. And they gaze into your diamond ring.. You want the men to stare. As you rant and swear.
Tenderness is greed. Yearning is remorse. Love me so that I can abuse you. Sin after sin I feel endless shame. This land is afraid of the light. This soul is short of bitterness.
Keeping me up on my feet was a love so complete. I have chased but never bettered. Everything seemed like it fell at our feet. Now she's out of my reach and there forever.
Come here with me. I wanna slow you down. I wanna smear the moonlight in your skin. And put Orion in your crown. . Let it all go. I know that you're beat.
The world is not ment for us. It's place for people who believe in fairy tales. But we don't even listen to the voice. Of mother earth she's not feeling very well.
He had hair... black as a fiberglass speedboat. The morning air... was crisp as a brand new bank note. He swaggered... like a surfer on a Louisiana dirtbike.
Dark cold around me. This cold inside me. My soul is frozen and. Alone in the dark. Shelter my naked body. Shovel me a grave. My beautiful home. Shovel me a grave.
Don't blame yourself the wrong's in me. You're everything you could've been. I'm just lost 'cause I can't meet your needs. . So the scripted conversation ends.
Only a breath of air when a man is dying. You look at me and wish the hand is helping. You follow the stream of emptiness with your eyes. I dry away your tears and fly to the kingdom of bitter memories.
When the light at the end of it all is a speeding train. I'll be driving wait for me. Come on make up the weight, 'cause it's never going to stop. Till, I've run all your hurt away.
CHORUS. Sister, soak the beans. I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion. Mama, light the stove. It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done. I'll be comin' home.
I crawl and hide away. I am the snake beneath you. I am the fly on the dunghill. I am nothing good for you. I deceive and destroy. I am evil and full of lust.
One day I went and left my home out in the West. Said I was headed for the Silver City. All along the line I was dreaming all the time. Dreaming of the shining Silver City.
Throw me a line and I'll bring you the hook that caught me. You reel me in to where I cannot breathe. Throw me back and jump in after me. . It's happened before but I'll see you're never betrayed.
I met her in old mexico. She was laughing sad and young. In a smokey room no-one could see. All the poets they agreed. Spanish is a loving tongue but.
Rain beats me down. I cry for my sins and love. My blood runs to the ground. In the sky the moon feels pity for me. . I look deep into the eyes. You're ashamed of the lust.
Somebody had better. Leave before I get better,. Well enough to see you're not the one,. Well enough to measure. That it couldn't last forever,. Words I keep repeating.
This highway's like a girl I knew. You climb into her car.. She takes you many places. She leaves you where you are.. . Her ribbons are all a tangle. Her breath is long and fast.
Sword Of Light. . For many years I travel. to a land that 's miles away. And now the time has come. To find a place for me to stay. But before that time arrive.