a lover collecting ladies a poet connecting raindrops a rock'n'roll star a gambler's seven a saint on a train to heaven if you don't like your number trying to get out from under providence comes and offers sweetly swallow the dream you like some buy a dream crutch to survive somebody says don't sell me lies so providence kindhearted lady sent round all her salesmen with toy revolutions and more cadillac gurus old jesus new circus blind fifties revivals the wind up pelvis band keeps on playing still someone's saying don't sell me lies so providence called her last friend heroin the charming ocean patient enough for every problem silent enough to drown so many good friends providence of illusion providence whore of fat kings leave them alone lady you'll never get them lady you'll never win they are miles from your zoo even sad even dying of sadness they are the winners beautiful winners they are the land of your fall
River of life Rain was your birth Gathered deep Beneath the earth Hollow stone Issue and flow Virgin stream Meander free It's a long way to the sea Caves and canyons Stark prison walls Swirl and hurl you From white cascading falls Across the plain Sweep your course stretch you hand River roll Follow your star There's a city There's a bridge Ships and barges Dark rusty hearts Waste and poison cloy where once men drank Forget the pain From rain to rain Journey's end Is surely not far
