I put on my clothes like a body guard
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready

And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady

There's an elephant in my head

And I tip toe around it
There are eggshells on the floor
Therefore I never touch the ground


It's like that old black hole,
No matter how you try,

You set out each day
Never to arrive


I got my eyes on the prize
But it looks just like a mystery
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory

I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
And the show really starts once the curtain falls


Take this thorn from my side
Fix this chip on my shoulder
Time is racing with the clock

And I ain't getting any older

It's like that old black hole,

No matter how you try.

It's like that old black hole,

No matter how you try.

It's like that old black hole,

No matter how you try,
You set out each day
Never to arrive


I put on my finest thread
And I wrap up my body tight

With the sun in my eyes
I step into the night


Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light


I don't expect you to believe me
But everything is alright
I don't make rules for a living

I don't do tricks for a dime

I was born on a good day,

Deaf, dumb and blind.
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.


I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.


I tie my boots up tight
And I head straight for bed

There's a pistol and a crystal
Underneath my pillow


There's a tender heart
Inside that ugly armadillo
"These are tears of joy,"

Cried the weeping willow

There's a spirit in the air

And there ain't no way around it
I was not prepared to lose it
On the moment that I found it


It's like that old black hole,
No matter how you try.


It's like that old black hole,
No matter how you try.

It's like that old black hole,

No matter how you try,
You set out each day
Never to arrive