I love this $#&@ing country
And she loved me more than I could imagine
So I waited till she slept then I stepped into traffic


Paint away from the backyard to drift some more
Woke up in Texas next to a liquor store

With a woman who don't even drink alcohol
Big letters IRONY tagged on the wall
She was named for another flat land

We had it strong back then
In common we had a bond
That would never see the break of dawn

To damn afraid of the queen trying to take the pawn
Threw that away
Yes, yes headed out west

And got undressed
With the nurture she gave me made me trip and get obsessed
There was a lady in Los Angeles

That handled this the way the manual suggests (the way the manual suggests)
She turned me on to music that I never heard before
She told me stories from a cup I haven't leaned to pour

And I don't know who heard it more
Professional journals or perpetual burn holes
Scarring up the dirty floor


East
Found a hollow hole in the Colorado snow

It's like I follow anywhere that el Diablo go
Took a stroll with a feline
And sat silent while the snow flakes fell into the design

Can't let her dance up on top on the top floor
Been there done that what do you think it's locked for?
I've lost more to my traveling soul

Then I dare to talk about so I'll be out I'll be on the road
Down, down, down in Gainesville
No stranger to shame cold train and pain pills

Sometimes the ceiling is to easy to stare at
But it keeps me from a forest full of snare traps and bear traps
And it can't come clean without the sun beams

And it ain't complete without the drum beats
And I can tell she don't want me
As is time to climb back into the pain and make the back stiff

I had to add one more story to the infinite
Already interwoven through a New York cigarette
Ex lover and a best friend best lover and an ex friend

Looking for alcoholic sentimental is a men a rhythm of
Religion on the PA
Make the people here say

God bless the DJ
She stays to wait for a replay
While I wonder if I'll be able to hear it from the freeway


Chicago inside of an empty bottle
There's a thin line between gossip and gospel

There's a house over there near Wicker Park
Where I found out Smart was afraid of the dark
Had to break her heart just to help me heal up

Tie a knot in the stomach just to help me seal up
Make sure them demons stay beneath the core
Pray you and yours and whomever you believe in more

Look around you there's angels amongst us
Look around you there's angels amongst us
Sitting in the rain on some sidewalk café

Half of her wet cigarette in the ash tray
Just trying to find a lost soul to save
And I'm a lost soul trying to find a road that's paved

Keep faith in my suitcase packed my beliefs
Angels exist I've even seen some sleep
I love this $#&@ing country

And she loved me more than I could imagine
So I waited till she slept and I stepped into traffic