Heavenly heavenly what other words Could I use to describe The heavenly ivory touch of your hand As it covers my eyes Hushing me off to sleep Putting my mind at ease
Lovingly lovingly every caress That you ever gave All of you knowing me like no one else At the end of the day Brushing my fears away Knowing just what to say
Heavenly heavenly no other love Was meant to be mine The perfectly heavenly stars up above Were duly aligned I had to wait for you Now that my search is through
I've been seeking affirmations All night long oh and What I'm feeling in my heart it Can't be wrong no Sir
I keep squinting for something I might have Done hair different it's all up for grabs Lord I've been squinting as though through a keyhole Just like Clint Eastwood for a few dollars more
I done read all of the cards and I Saw my fate waiting Like a chauffeur down at the airport it Holds my name up but
I keep squinting for something I might have Just overlooked but there ain't no turning back I've been squinting as though through a keyhole Just like Clint Eastwood for a few dollars more
Folks around me they keep stepping In my shoes oh but They don't fit right and they don't walk The way I do oh and
All the garbage trucks a rolling Down my street slowly I can barely strain away to Hear myself think ah
I keep squinting for something I might have Done hair different it's all up for grabs Lord I've been squinting as though through a keyhole Just like Clint Eastwood for a few dollars more
All these rats are swimmin' for the land They ain't goin' down with the captain Same old rats that took a bite outa' me Darling way back when the word was mutiny
Nothin' but a raft to carry me and my girl They just wrote us off Till we turned up blazing torches on their docks
One night we're gonna' burn 'em down
And the same goes for those who underestimate Said the love of my life was just another blind date You know I hardly had a single word edgewise Before the true believers started to drop like flies
But I don't see 'em out parading arm in arm I see 'em dodging cars in harm's way You think with so many words of wisdom they could fill up a library
But one night I'd have to burn it down One night I'd have to burn it down
I can think of at least fourteen ways to disappear No I don't need to be told when it's plain as day I'm in the minority here But why must all the horrible people have all the cheer
Blue green grass is standing somewhere still I know it is even if it's over landfill I got to think that there's still a tiny patch To raise some hens and watch those chickens hatch
Browsing through the almanac I watch the stars That plummet now and then And I'm waiting for a flamin' shoe to drop on us again
One night gonna burn it down One night we're gonna burn it down
Oh what a colorful lie Leading me on Without ever batting an eye How many pecks on the cheek Before I get wind That I'm on a losing streak Yeah too many for me Too many for me
Darlin' I'm folding I'm tired of holding Onto a love untrue Darlin' I'm folding I lay down my hand And walk away from you
Oh what a painful lament Knowing what was And not knowing where it went Destiny beckoned my name Drew me to you But destiny loves to play games Yeah loves to play games
Darlin' I'm folding I'm tired of holding Onto a love untrue Darlin' I'm folding I lay down my hand And walk away from you
I'll walk away it's true For I keep breaking this promise Breaking this promise
Darlin' I'm folding I'm tired of holding Onto a love untrue Darlin' I'm folding I lay down my hand And walk away from you
World you are a mill Do you grind away until Every grain of life is tilled
Girl you're like a running stream And every line I've tossed you've washed it clean Upon the shore you're headed for the sea
There's a peace that I've always found In a lonesome serenade Such a piece of mind overwhelms As my every desire's replayed Oh oh oh in a lonesome serenade
Rowed on paddle boats In a past of mine I've never known On a lake of polished stone
Take us far away To an island where she can't be swayed By another man's embrace
There's a peace that I've always found In a lonesome serenade Such a piece of mind overwhelms As my every desire's replayed Oh oh oh in a lonesome serenade
Warmed when you become Reckon all that growin' pains you some Still you smile what's done is done
There's a peace that I've always found In a lonesome serenade Such a piece of mind overwhelms As my every desire's replayed Oh oh oh like a lonesome serenade
There's a tug at my heart Like a rope it's pulling Out on the horizon But I've no way of knowing Where to start
Nothing is for sure no sleep still in my eyes Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face the morning light Nothing is for sure oh as I begin my day Glasses are a blur as my world's about to spin the other way
Staring at the ceiling I can see to heaven But only when I'm willing So I pray for the strength To begin again again
Nothing is for sure no sleep still in my eyes Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face the morning light Nothing is for sure oh as I begin my day Glasses are a blur as my world's about to spin the other way
Spin me the other way I've got to learn not to say always Spin me the other way People on the other half got no worries
Nothing is for sure no sleep still in my eyes Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face the morning light Nothing is for sure no as I begin my day Glasses are a blur as my world's about to spin the other way
Nothing is for sure oh And nothing is for sure Spin me the other way I've got to learn not to say always
Watching the clock over Jackson Square I could feel my life drifting away Loosing my hold like the muddy banks In eleven straight days of rain
I want to call on the St. Expedite I better call on that St. Expedite
Hung on the carousel took me a while To see that it just goes 'round I kept a thinking your name rings a bell You resemble someone when you smile
And I wanna say it's that St. Expedite Honey you got a face like St. Expedite
My spirit grows heavy and I wonder at times What keeps it from floating up higher The hatred of people that I might have crossed Or the gravity of our desires
It's hell either way callin' St. Expedite Hell either way callin' St. Expedite
Gutter trickle, bombast A gunpowder wind Wanna' let it all sink in Like a rain collecting I held on to you Even when you begged me not to
Can't ya see I'm all bound up A million knots down in my gut Well I feel I've had enough, enough I just wanna' run away Run, run away Run, run away Run, run away
And I can make it happen I'm magic and all See me conjuring my downfall Oh the gates are closin' in Swallowin' the key How am I to know you love me Love me
Can't ya see I'm all bound up A million knots down in my gut Well I feel I've had enough, enough I just wanna' run away Run, run away yea Run, run away
Kill the pain Kill the shame Wanna' feel nothin' at all
Run, run away Run, run away Run, run away Run, run away
In South Carolina there are many tall pines I remember the oak tree that we used to climb But now when I'm lonesome, I always pretend That I'm getting the feel of hickory wind
I started out younger at most everything All the riches and pleasures, what else could life bring But it makes me feel better each time it begins Callin' me home, hickory wind
It's a hard way to find out that trouble is real In a far away city, with a far away feel But it makes me feel better each time it begins Callin' me home, hickory wind
Keeps callin' me home, hickory wind Keeps callin' me home, hickory wind
Brown doves on the wire Do they ever tire Up in the eggshell sky I know if it was me Wings a' take ya far The burden of flight is our's
Even 'thout the sun in your eyes Some things are hard to find You could go the rest of your life 'Till the fountain of youth runs dry
Ever in pursuit of another clue The sea in response is blue Take a look around Have you any doubt The heart is responding too
Even 'thout the sun in your eyes Some things are hard to find You could go the rest of your life 'Till the fountain of youth runs dry
Comes another freeze All the barren trees Under the eggshell sky They may disappear Splendor of the years Unknowable without tears
Even 'thout the sun in your eyes Some things are hard to find You could go the rest of your life 'Till the fountain of youth runs dry 'Till the fountain of youth runs dry 'Till the fountain of youth runs dry
Set your wooden horses to roam In the dust, come galloping home Ah, into the grave Sooner or late You'll be led like a child By the hidden hand of fate
Oh the silver hearse is in wait And she revs outside a' the gate Ah, sooner or late Sooner or late To be snuffed like a flame By the hidden hand of fate
Set your nuclear rockets ta' aim When ya mingle riches and faith The rules of the game Sooner or late?.
Set you're fields of poppies aflame In your one god's heavenly name Ah, sooner or late Sooner or late You'll be plucked like a fig By the hidden hand of fate
Set your wooden horses to roam In the dust, come galloping home Ah, into the grave Sooner or late You'll be led like a child By the hidden hand of fate You'll be led like a child By the hidden hand of fate To be snuffed like a flame By the hidden hand of fate Plucked like a fig By the hidden hand of fate By the hidden hand of fate
Oh boy Makin' noise For the love a' Buddy Holly My six string Way gone Real low Let it roll Like a motor ever purrin' My machine Rave on Sentimental blood You spill I'll reach out to catch it Oh boy Makin' out Gotta' try to make the most Of a queer thing Ah, gotta' shout Real loud Rock n' roll Cupid Charlie noddin' off In the mezzanine Gotta' shout Sentimental tears You spill I'll reach out to catch them, I may never see the light I may never dream in color I may may never see the light a' day Feelin' dizzy Feelin' weak Feelin' dizzy Like I'm gonna' sink? Oh boy Makin'noise For the love a' Buddy Holly My six string Way gone Real low Let it roll Like a motor ever purrin' My machine Rave on Sentimental blood You spill I'll reach out to catch it Sentimental tears You spill I'll reach out to catch it (cont.) I may never see the light I may never dream in color I may may never see light a' day I may never see the light I may never win you over I may never be in love I may never see the light I may never see light I may may never see light a' day
All my funny pages Cartoon Saturdays ago Carved my number in the door Oh my revelation Railway summers overcast And the creaking of the boards
No use draggin' down to the wire Same blue devils leap from the fire There's no easy come, easy go
Oh my happyender Teacup manners under glass My gravel blinded love Oh my sorry jailer Isn't nothin' here for you To revel in the dust
No use draggin' down to the wire Same blue devils leap from the fire There's no easy come, easy go
All my funny pages Cartoon Saturdays ago Carved my number in the door
No use draggin' down to the wire Same blue devils leap from the fire There's no easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go
Oh you rush and you run To the ends of the earth Is your work ever done Oh and what is it worth Blood on your hands Killing a dead man Time and again Time and again
Oh this curse of your name Aint no shower of stones That'll wash it away So ya wander alone
Blood on your hands Killing a dead man time and again Time and again Time and again
Knelt by the low waters and wept Spilt every last Secret ya kept
Oh my troublesome twin On the verge of collapse Will this night put an end To your sorrow at last
Blood on your hands Killing a dead man time and again Time and again Time and again Time and again