In My Hour of Darkness - Gram Parsons

In my hour of darkness In my time of need Oh Lord, grant me vision Oh Lord, grant me speed Once I knew a young man Went driving through the night Miles and miles without a word With just his high beam lights Who'd have ever though they'd build Such a deadly Denver bend To be so strong, to take so long As it would 'til the end In my hour of darkness In my time of need Oh Lord, grant me vision Oh Lord, grant me speed Another young man safely strummed His silver string guitar And he played to people everywhere Some say he was a star But he was just a country boy His simple songs confess And the music he had in him So very few possess In my hour of darkness In my time of need Oh Lord, grant me vision Oh Lord, grant me speed Then there was an old man Kind and wise with age And he read me just like a book And he never missed a page And I loved him like my father And I loved him like my friend And I knew his time would shortly come But I did not know just when In my hour of darkness In my time of need Oh Lord, grant me vision Oh Lord, grant me speed Oh Lord, grant me vision Oh Lord, grant me speed

There are pyramids in my head There's one underneath my bed And my lady's getting cranky Every possible location Has a simple explanation And it isn't hanky-panky I had read Somewhere in a book They improve all your food and your wine, it said That everything you grow in your garden Would taste pretty fine, instead All I ever get is a pain in the neck And a yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap I've consulted all the sages I could find in yellow pages But there aren't many of them And the Mayan panoramas On my pyramid pajamas Haven't helped my little problem I've been told Someone in the know Can be sure that his luck is as good as gold Money in the bank And you don't even pay for it, if you fold A dollar in the shape Of the pyramid that's printed on the back It's no lie You can keep the edge Of a razor as sharp as an eagle's eye You can grow a hedge That is vertically straight over ten feet high All you really need is a pyramid and just a little luck La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ooh La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ooh I had read Somewhere in a book They improve all your food and wine And I've been told Someone in the know can be sure of his good luck And it's no lie All you really need is a little bit of pyramidic help

Watching, waiting Rising, falling Listening, calling Drifting Touching, feeling (I see your) Seeing, believing (shadow coming) Hoping, sending (closer every) Leaving (day) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini If I tried to write a million words a day I see your shadow (I could not) Coming closer (say why you and) Then watch you (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) Watching (watching), waiting (waiting) Rising (rising), falling (falling) Listening (listening), calling (calling) Drifting (drifting, drifting, drifting) Touching (touching), feeling (feeling) (I feel your) Seeing (seeing), believing (believing) (shadow coming) Hoping (hoping), sending (sending) (closer every) Leaving (leaving) (day) (Leaving, leaving) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini We are travelling a million worlds away I see your (watching) shadow (waiting) (I could not) Coming (rising) closer (falling) (say why you and) Then watch you (listening) (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling) Watch you (watching) (I could) Drifting away (not say why) Falling (falling) (you and I) Listen who's calling (calling, calling) (are Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling, calling, calling)