Child

The voices in my head are shadows, shadows

She comes to me to tell me what they're after

Says, "It ain't the end boy but you best be careful, careful"

Might catch your tail end in a circle, circle

The ocean, how she moves in ripples, ripples

In flashing lights I swear she was an old film

Then the color bleeds and she becomes an angel, angel

Calls out to me like a siren to a scoundrel

I say, "Come on, child"

And I say, "Come on, child"

The blanket where she hides by virgin lights

Look to the sea where the cotton hits the turnpike

Staring her needs but I don't have the words right, words right now

If it were up to me might make her turn right, turn right

Lost another one but she still smiles, smiles

Black loving eyes and a stare that sees for miles

Says she wants to, oh wants to stay a child, child now

And wonders why we ever ever have to die

And I say, "Come on, child"

And I say, "Come on, child"

Just a touch I'm gonna carry, carry

Another time where our palms shared the same lines

The accent of a kiss whispers we're married, married now

It's either love or just the sun in my eyes

And I say, "Come on child"

And I say, "Come on child"

And I say, "Come on child"

Love, love, love, love, love