someone's got it in for me
they're planting stories in the press
whoever it is i wish they'd cut it out quick
but when they will i can only guess
they say i shot a man named gray and took his wife to italy
she inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me
i can't help it if i'm lucky
people see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
their minds are filled with big ideas
images and distorted facts
yesterday you had to ask me where it was at
i couldn't believe after all these years
you didn't know me even better than that
blowing every time you move your mouth
blowing down the back-roads heading south
blowing every time you move your teeth
it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
i ran into the fortune-teller
who said beware of lightning that might strike
i haven't known peace and quiet for so long i can't remember what it's like
there's a lone soldier on the cross
smoke pouring out of a boxcar door
you didn't think it could be done
in the final end he won the wars
after losing every battle
i woke up on the roadside
daydreaming about the way things sometimes are
visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are making me see stars
you hurt the ones that i love best and cover up the truth with lies
one day you'll be in the ditch
flies buzzing around your eyes
blowing through the flowers on your tomb
blowing through the curtains in your room
blowing every time you move your teeth
it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
it was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
you tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart
now everything's a little upside down
as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
you'll find out when you reach the top
i noticed at the ceremony
your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
i can't remember your face anymore
the priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the
i waited for you on the running boards
blowing like a circle around my skull
from the grand coulee dam to the capitol
blowing every time you move your teeth
it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
i can't even touch the books you've read
every time i crawl past your door
i been wishing i was somebody else instead
i followed you beneath the stars
and all your raging glory
i been double-crossed now for the very last time and now i'm finally free
i kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me
you'll never know the hurt i suffered nor the pain i rise above
and i'll never know the same about you
your holiness or your kind of love
and it makes me feel so sorry
blowing through the buttons of our coats
blowing through the letters that we wrote
blowing through the dust upon our shelves
it's a wonder we can even feed ourselves