Too Close to You (feat. John Craigie)

Two, three, four Picked up at the crossroads Kicked out in New Mexico Woke up on the good side of the river This afternoon Goddamn wage slavin', I swear I'm never going back to there This morning I combed my hair For no one else but me Well I never had religion But I always keep the faith When I was a child, I had visions Like a shine upon my face I never made it past the preacher He always smelled the booze But every night I'm born again Into something new If I ever make it back to California I'm gonna put down roots Cause I never had a hard time I never had a hard time Never had a hard time Gettin' too close to you Found Jesus on the bathroom floor I was sprawled out, strung out, in a Baton Rouge bar He rolled a spliff, we both hitched out To Lake Pontchartrain He said, "I ain't fleein' the law, I abide My Father's law is come And my Father's law is mine" We never made it to the Delta But we surely sang the blues All I need is the sunshine My ukulela And a pair of old brown shoes I never made it as a folksinger I couldn't hold a tune But every night I'm born again Into something new If I ever make it back to California I'm gonna put down roots Cause I never had a hard time I never had a hard time Never had a hard time Gettin' too close to you Seven years-old and I couldn't sleep Mama, I don't want to die What am I, what am I supposed to be? And my mother pointed up to the sky "For every star that you can see There's a child afraid of dying What you are, what you are was meant to be Filling the black up with shining" That's when it started Broke-open-hearted And as I'm sinking in my bed Thank my holy lights that never end Tonight I'm gonna lay my head By a river of shooting stars Well I never been to Heaven But I've seen Annapurna in bloom I never made it back To California To put down roots I never been one For oneness I set a table for two Cause I never had a hard time No I never had a hard Time I never had a hard time Gettin' too close To you