DID I EVER TELL YOU WHY
I ONLY DRINK DISTILLED WATER
PURE GRAIN ALCOHOL
AND RAIN WATER?
FLUORIDATION, BABY
PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS
LET'S SEND 'EM ON THEIR WAY
LET'S GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT
(BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER)
AND WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE HURT & DISAPPOINTED
SAY, "DIMITRI...MAN, HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL?
COULD YOU PLEASE TURN THE MUSIC DOWN?"
I THINK HE'S DRUNK AGAIN, CAN'T CALL 'EM BACK...TOO LATE TO REPEAL
I TOOK SIXTEEN RESTLESS RIDERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT TO THE PIT
I SAW THE FERTILE SMOKE SIGNAL
AND I COULD NOT STAND FOR IT
I FILLED MY BELLY FULL OF WINE
TO CELEBRATE THE NEWS
R.J. PLAYIN' IN MY EAR
I HEARD THE PREACHIN' BLUES
JUDAS BETRAYED MY CONFIDENCE
AND TO THE ROMANS TURNED ME IN
I HEARD A POUNDIN' AT MY FRONT DOOR
FORGIVE ME ALL MY SIN
LEATHER BOOTS AND LONG BLACK COAT
I PHANTOM THROUGH THE SNOW
A FIGURE IN THE DISTANCE
KNOWS NOT MY TIME TO GO
I WANT TO BE ALONE
WITH JUST MY RIDERS IN MY SIDE
AND IN THE THORNY BRANCHES
I'LL JUST SIT AND CALMLY HIDE
SACKED BY BLACKENED SOLDIERS
WITH THEIR SHACKLES IN THEIR HANDS
ROBBED ME OF MY DIGNITY
AND WRECKED ALL OF MY PLANS
SHE'S THE SUN ON MY WESTERN HORIZON
AND SHE DOES THE SAME TO ME
DON'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THAT LAST TURN
OR WHY THIS CAME TO BE
I'LL NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE AGAIN, I KNOW
"CONVERGING OBJECTS OF THE UNIVERSE FLOW
IN PERPETUAL MOTION", TO QUOTE A PHRASE
OR TWO, MAY WE NEVER MEET AGAIN ON "APRIL DAYS"
OR THREE, "NEVER EXPECT ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY
AND NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED AGAIN
AND SOMETIMES YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED"
NEVER KNOWING WHERE OR WHEN.
Copyright 2003, by David L. Heilman
