The Beat

There's a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright, Oh what a night, this is gonna be-- I think I'll let the world sleep without me. I got one eye open, one eye closed. & My thin body's trembling beneath the bedclothes, My hearts beatin' against the roof of my mouth --It's almost time to get out of this house. I got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel, I got my right foot on the floorboard,-- & I'm preparing to kill or be killed. There's a high wind blowin', & the stars are shining bright. & The rain upon the tarmac, --helps me sail through the traffic lights, I'm heading down to the dock of the bay, --to feel the power of the waves, I'm gonna move up close to that wind, & Wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings. Y'see I'm stuck between hell & the deep blue sea, & I know that water's sucked under better man than me, I was just another western guy, --with desires that couldn't be satisfied, So one day, I asked the angels for inspiration, --but the devil bought me a drink, & He's been buying them ever since, He's had the liquor on my tongue --feel like the sea upon the sand, He's had me signing confessions --from this shaking hand, He's had me struggling to hang onto hope-- Like a drunken sailor in a tugboat With a bottle of vodka in my overcoat, & My dog eared bible lost--overboard Y'see he tricked me into temptation, So I've tricked him into this confrontation, I never said I was the man I appeared to be Not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity. Or the soul on fire--scribbling thoughts for posterity. I'm gonna have little lucifer, runnin' off to purgatory, --with his tail between his legs, I'm gonna teach him a lesson --he ain't ever gonna forget. All the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones But they won't be chewing the meat off my bones. There's a high wind blowin' & the stars are shining bright. Me & him are gonna have a little knife fight, --in the bowels of the big city skyline, Oh this feelin' inside runs dark & deep --Tonight my hearts not thumping --A Mercy Beat I was just another western guy, With desires that couldn't be--satisfied.

Just out of spite, I confess I've ruined three lives Now don't sleep so tight Because I didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine. Night after night time time after time. Done too much of both types of w(h)ining. Still wasn't right fight after fight Till "Get out of my life get away from me get away from that gun" "No it's not a joke it's cards on the table time Yes I could have phoned I could have spoke But how to break the news without beaking your heart Being dead don't hurt, No only dieing Cards on the table time, Sometimes it's right to say goodnight." Always searching for paradise, I'll admit that I'm good as blind Darling I confess yes I've ruined three lives And didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine. I confess Our love seems like a punishment And I confess, If it's all the same to you I'll stay indifferent I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess. No-one wins and there's no denying, Don't pretend like you don't know why, Just a little word here a little push there Darling I confess look I confess that I don't really care I confess I confess I confess. Out like a light, Another boy who's given up trying, Blinded by fright, He scream my life's not open, Please get out, I know I'm shouting, I like to shout. It's not a joke it's cards on the table time It's not a joke it's cards on the table time I could have phoned I could have spoke But how to break the news without beaking your heart Being dead don't hurt, No only dieing Cards on the table time, Sometimes it's right to say goodnight." Always searching for paradise, I'll admit that I'm good as blind Darling I confess yes I've ruined three lives And didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine. I confess I deserve some type of punishment I confess If it's all the same to you I'll stay indifferent I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess

Carry me across the sea Carry me, carry me A sign of life, a life of peace Never see, still believe A thousand faces in the dark None were me, none were me Golden leaves rain off the trees Shower me with impurities God in men, our souls are spent Can't be saved, can't repent God in men, our souls are spent Can't be saved, can't repent God in men, our souls are spent Can't be saved, can't repent God in men, our souls are spent Can't be saved, can't repent

Then she said... ..."if you ever try to lean on me, too heavily, I'll step aside and watch you fall We'll make each other look so small Let's either find another way, or bang our Heads into the wall, and walk away Do you have to get this close before it hits? You've always known just how much People are a part of why We've now not got the heart to say I'll leave it, if you will, Let's walk away." Thought it was different but it all Turned out the same so so Promised myself i'd never go through it again Now that every love song beards the same Familiar strain of... Walk away before i do something stupid Walk away before these threats turn into One of us could do it Walk away before i say It's getting too much Walk away walk away Before one of us cracks up. Did you have to get that close before it hit? You'd always known just how much People are a part of why We've now not got the heart to say I'll leave it if you will Let's walk away." Thought it was different but it all Turned out the same so so Promised myself i'd never go through this again Now that every love song beards the same Familiar strain of... Walk away before i do something stupid Walk away before these threats turn into One of us could do it It's getting too much Walk away walk away Before both of us cracks up. Walk away walk away Oooh don't walk away.