Dm
Well, I used to wake
F
and run with the moon
G
I lived like a rake and a young man
Dm
I covered my lovers
F
with flowers and wounds
G
my laughter the devil would frighten.
F G
My sun, she would come
C Dm
and beat me back down
C Dm
but every cruel day had its nightfall
F G
Iʼd welcome the stars
C Dm
with whininʼ guitars
C Dm
full of fire and forgetful
My body was sharp
my dark hair clean
and outraged my joyful companion
and whisperinʼ women
how sweet did they seem
kneelinʼ for me to command them
And time was like water
but I was the sea
I wouldnʼt have noticed it passing
except for the turning
of night into day
and turning of day into cursing
And you look at me now
donʼt think I donʼt know
what all your eyes are saying
Does he want us to believe
these ravings and lies
theyʼre just tricks that his brainʼs been aplayinʼ?
A lover, the women
he canʼt hardly stand
he trembles, is bent and is broken
I fall on his true
but I say to you
hold your tongues until after Iʼve spoken
I was taken my pride
and the pleasure Iʼd known
I laughed and said Iʼd be forgiven
but my laughter turned round
eyes blazinʼ and saying
friend, weʼre holding the weapon
I buried my face
but it spoke once again
night to the day weʼre a-binding
and now the dark hairʼs
like fire on my skin
and even the moonlight is blinding
