Along the Way

I still have dreams about the woman

Who said she had Apache blood

But she just never knew her mother

And loved to dance before it flood

And she would wake before the sunrise

And drink her coffee 'neath the stars

Till word come down from Houston

About openin' up some scars

And she stood 'neath the constellations

But she was staring at the dirt

Carving hydro with her buoy

And I hope it doesn't hurt

Oh, my darkness is the only thing I got

It is the only thing I got, gone away

The widow scoped his wife who'd been posing all her life

Just wishin' she'd be his Laura Clay

Her brother drove down to the valley

He would sleep by her side

And tell us stories 'bout the chieftain

Neither came, they all were liars

And she'd draw pictures of the window

The winter lot of Hudson Bay

But she was dying in the desert

A couple of thousand miles away

Oh, my darkness is the only thing I got

It is the only thing I got, gone away

Lord, you'll never know the worth of just circling the earth

Till your orbit starts to rapidly decay

So pick me up, pick me up

Pick me up along the way

Pick me up, oh, pick me up

Pick me up along the way

We all know a flood is comin'

We all know we're gonna drown

We all know it's just a story

But we just like the way it sounds

We all know a flood is comin'

We all know we're gonna drown

We all know it's just a story

But we just like the way it sounds

Oh, my goddess is the only thing I got

It is the only thing I got, gone away

Well, I'll wait here to be sure like I'm waitin' for a cure

That for years has been comin' anyway

So pick me up, pick me up

Pick me up along the way

Pick me up, oh, pick me up

Oh, pick me up along the way