Black Wings Lyrics - Bone Machine - Tom Waits

Take an eye for an eye 

take a tooth for a tooth 

just like they say in the bible 

never leave a trace or forget a face 

of any man at the table 

when the moon is a cold chiseled dagger 

sharp enough to draw blood from a stone 

he rides through your dreams on a coach and horses 

and the fence posts in the moonlight look like bones 

Well they've stopped trying to hold him 

with mortar, stone and chain 

he broke out of every prison 

boots mount the staircase 

the door is flung back open 

he's not there for he has risen 

he's not there for he has risen 

Some say he once killed a man with a guitar string 

he's been seen at the table with kings 

well he once saved a baby from drowning 

there are those who say beneath his coat there are wings 

some say they fear him 

Well, some say they fear him 

others admire him 

because he steals his promise 

one look in his eye 

everyone denies 

ever having met him 

ever having met him 

He can turn himself into a stranger 

well they broke a lot of canes on his hide 

he was born away in a cornfield 

a fever beats in his head just like a drum inside 

Some say they fear him 

others admire him 

because he steals his promise 

one look in his eye 

everyone denies 

ever having met him 

ever having met him 

Tom waits: vocal, guitar, drums 

larry taylor: upright bass 

joe gore: guitar 

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