I always knew that you would take yourself so far from home. As soon as and as far as you could go. By the quarter inch cut of your hair, by the Army issue green.
Top of the fold. Toast of the town. Everyone stops when you come around. They hold their breath for you. . Heroes are born, idols are made. We're all fools for this factory fame.
Blue like the winter snow, the full moon. Black like the silhouettes of the trees. Late blooming flowers lie frozen underneath the stars. I want you to remember me that way.
I'm an effigy. A parody of who I appear to be. Put your flaming torches under me. . I'm an effigy. A parody of who I appear to be. Put your flaming torches under me.
It's a Saturday afternoon romance. Between a cowboy and a fool and a fool. . A drunken meet up. In a crude saloon. A poor rocky mountain town. He's a scoundrel and she's no pearl.
When I was just a little girl. My mama said to me. Beware of the devil my child. . In the dark rocky places he'll keep. Beware of the devil my child. Beware of his charming ways.
Well, my heart is sad and I am lonesome. For the only one I love. When shall we meet?. Oh no, never, till we meet in heaven above. . So bury me underneath the willow.
Oh, people downcast in despair. See the disillusion everywhere. Hoping their bad luck will change. Gets a little harder everyday. . People struggle, people fight.
You were the love for certain of my life. You were simply my beloved wife. I don't know for certain how I'll live my life. Now alone without my beloved wife, my beloved wife.
A lie to say, "O my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig. 500 men with axes and they all dig for me". A lie to say, "O my river where many fish do swim.
Wide open falsehood. The clan destine truths. Rival till the end. In a series of duels. . Pardon the drapery language I choose. Waltz in Vienna has taught me to use.
I always knew that you would take yourself far from home. As soon as, as far as, you could go. By the quarter inch cut of your hair and the Army issue pay.
In the dark night a giant slumbered. Untouched for centuries. 'Til awakened by a white man's cry. "This is the Eden I was to find". . There were lands to be charted.
To your common sense firm arguments. I won't listen to your voice of reason, trying to change my mind. I mind my feelings and not your words, didn't you notice.
He fills the flower vases, trims the candle bases. Takes small change from the poor box, Tyler has the key. He takes nail and hammer to tack up the banner.
The legs of Maddox kitchen tables. My whole life twisted on a lathe. In a foreman's torrent. My first English was. "Faster boy if you want your pay". Barking commands.
The man in 119 takes his tea all alone. Mornings we all rise to wireless Verdi cries. I'm hearing opera through the door. The souls of men and women, impassioned all.
Oh, baby blankets and baby shoes. Baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby blue. Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed. Now I know lightning strikes again.
Times are far between and few I bet. We can look upon our lives without regret. . Of all the things I have done. You think I'm proud of everyone. Without exception.
It crawls on his back, won't ever let him be. Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe. His eyes have gone away, escaping over time. He rules a crowded nation inside his mind.