So, so long ago, and so far away When time was just a line That you fed me when you wanted to stay We'd talk as soft as chalk Till morning came, Pale
Words and music by bob nolan Revised lyrics by joni mitchell All day I face the barren waste Without a taste of water Cool water Old dan and i Our throats
I met a young soldier He said his name was Killer Kyle He was shakin' all over Like a night frightened child This is his story It's a tough one for me
Got to be a winner, trophy winner Number one Get to hold your head up high up Got to be a winner, trophy winner Number one Get to hold your head up high
I'm going to take you to my special place It's a place that you like no one else I know might appreciate I don't go there with anyone but you're a special
I am Lakota Lakota, looking at money man Diggin' the deadly quotas Out of balance, out of hand We want the land Lay down the reeking ore Don't you hear
a cretin - can't you see She's a cretin - a sickie She's a cretin - and I'm hoping that she'll hop away from me Cretin, Cretin, oh she's a cretin
Life chases fiction with contradiction Pick yourself up, it's all right Blood marks the pavement So this is where I am Well, stop the car and look around
Any town, any day the separation's real And I find it is based on nothing Passed from father to son Mothers to their girls enough And I fall once again
You, the candlelight and me Are as peaceful as a moving train You're as far as I can see From the person that you once had been Trade the life you broke
I've seen people live, I've seen them dying I've seen people in love, I saw you trying I've seen the glory train, I've seen the spirits scream Like burning
Time stands still for no one, I'm behind again I push and still I see, I'm getting nowhere quick I'm staying late, again Worlds turn in the time, I catch
How many times have you taken advice from a man who hates? Seemingly selfishless sentiments hiding his war paint How many nights have you laid awake fearing
So I'm high again and I'm looking At my only friend in you and you're high too Does it sound unreal that my house is full Of nothing I can feel I look
If I don't ask you for advice Please don't give it to me You tell me nothing's free Do the dogs biting at your heels Have a deeper meaning Listen, I'
The sun goes down, the lights go out You go to sleep and dream about What you wanna be when you're grown Every day they steal your prayers You keep your
Lilly Anne talks herself asleep again Saying something of the time spent There's a man who taught her love and poetry Never knowing just what he meant
Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, yeah I shot a man the other day The morning sun, it shined on me anyway I took a breath and walked away But I lost more