woman of the phoenix

well

i've listened to the words you lovers speak

the sound of the lover's song

and i've dreamed all the dreams that the wayward girl dreams

in a thousand places gone

dallas was my late night out

radcliffe's served to roust me out

and houston lay like cleveland with the color removed

all i ever wanted

was to wander and be wooed

like a woman of the phoenix

a welcomed waterloo

i've seen the sun blaze the breasts of the countryside

i've seen her huddled in a winter freeze

and i've run cross paths of a thousand lives

among the cactus and the white birch trees

avloc ran a waterfront bar

vito

he was the king of thieves

and michael was a rock 'n roll hood from the odessa plains

now

all of them were my kind

wild and damn near free

but

a woman of the phoenix is the medicine they need