One day my life will be a chocolate shake and late night T.V. But right now I'm afraid of everything that is goin' down Too many decisions Too much responsibility
I've got hope but I can't talk about the future I've got desire but I can't exercise it on my own Time won't solve this predicament Time won't solve
Laws of gravity fight uncertainty But I sit here without a clue Life had different meaning and I was only dreaming Someone else came to her rescue Now
The sun comes up with promise and my eyes burn open wide And the sting compounds the torture from the vacant hole inside My conscious recollection of
You have always lived like this The ice blue chill The dark gray sky The frozen ground And the helpless feeling of insignificance You have always lived
Your arrogance! It will surely bring you down Is there a judgement appropriate for you That you spit at others? Look hard in the mirror then in ten years
Down in the holler there's a thriving town A treasure trove that makes the world go 'round, When the city barons bring their legal papers and guns, Oh
Whispers of ancients buried by dust, Echoes of ages in canyons of rust, Is heaven so lonely? I'll know soon enough Cold as the clay, dark as a mine,
Went out last night to take a little round, I met a little Sadie and I blowed her down, Bummed a ride home, got in to bed, 44 smokeless under my head
Come listen to my story, I'll tell you no lies, how John Lewis did murder a little Omie Wise, He asked her to meet him at Adams's spring, said he'd bring
Rich man, poor man, beggar or thief, no matter which one in this life you lead If you think you've reached the top of the world just look all around
Blacktop pavement cover me Like a Chemical Reaction or a steam roller Spreading randomly There's a distant buzz, and a low frequency It tickles my ear
My driftin' memory goes back to the spring of '42 when I was just a child in Momma's arms, My Daddy plowed the fields and prayed and did all he could
Talk about suffering here below And let's keep a-loving Jesus. Talk about suffering here below And let's keep a-following Jesus. Oh, can't you hear
Willie moore was a young man, his age 21 and he courted a damsel fair Oh, her eyes were as white as a diamond after night and a wavy jet black wore her
Oh the lilies were laid on the marble in the field where the ancestors lay, And the forest was dark and primeval but the boughs seemed to cradle as they
Tired old man you're a wastin' slowly battling grey and blue, Built your empire as a shell so nobody prays on you, Remember when you were fresh and bitter
Oh, yonder stands the prophet, words are music to our ears, But down among the sinners, only pain and sweat and tears The sermon soothes the simple
