Pick up the pieces and pack up your mind You don't ask for what you have to find Many people rolling out to sea Let loose those floodgates that have
In the Baltimore daily newspaper Miracles really happen that way Now you know me much better than any And that is why I can call you my friend Call you
This crumpled dollar bill in my back pocket Reminds me I had twenty What somebody said to someone You'd think that worries him Laid out on the newsstands
When I left you this morning It's just like before You say nothing changes Passing time around here Stole a long string of pearls And I'd pawned downtown
angel Say goodnight dear precious one For I know you're empty handed And all the police carry guns Whisper to me in the morning And I'll kiss your blues
Before the first light Hits the floor Dying on some wind So afraid of losing you So I made a change There's no one there Tell you how to live Not knowing
He's only six years old That old killer died Put him down in a great big hole And I fill it up all the time See the buildings rise up to the sky Parking
His jaw crawd and tobacco dripped Down his chin His face settled on the neon lights Reflected in His face settled on the neon lights Reflected in Red
There are so many times I swear I hear them fighting down the stairs In Sioux City Please don't let her find This dark and dingy room Sioux City, here
Hitchhiked back from Blue Earth She's not alone anymore Shootin' pool like before That's too bad Lost my bus fare back She's not alone anymore Hanging
I'd hope to find you this morning Talking to the trees I could miss you After what went down If false love could lie by you While I'm swinging low I
Will I be married First girl I see coming down the road? Will I lay dying Along the highway where the tall trees grow? Trees above me know that I'm
