Awoke yesterday and I haven’t slept since
Spectacle killed the innocence of
A soul that longs to just tumble along
Like the weeds who are fragile and tall
A soft plucking tone of warm tracks underneath
Tells a story like your ol guitar machine
A humble alliance with the dogs and the streets
Reminds me I’m goin before I even leave
It’s the train that’ll bring me
It’s the train that keeps bringing me back (x2)
I don’t mind the dry in the air, that’s fine
I don’t mind the dirt streaking my skin in lines
Don’t have any mean words for you in mind
Besides if I did, you’d know I was lying
I got cramps like your mother when she carried you, bird
From the storm in the distance, beginning to stir
Remember when you held me on that rocky hill
Where the lightning struck all around, til everything stood still?
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