Sleep Song

Somewhere by the water's edge I found out what nearby meant Somewhere off the railroad tracks I learned how to drink the line We threw it all in the train And hit the the pipe in the back Vanilla lingers from Captain and the name it stays The others thought I was sick I stumbled out in the dark And then I found corruption and it hurt my heart Lady span the seas with grace And keep us feeling full The cabins that would house our games Were quiet when I came Let's take a run to the horse And then we'll smoke some tabac I see a couple of portraits And the name it stays A little island away Is where I gathered my leaves And then I found corruption And the name it stays Fire and ashes in a wooden place Where the boats are for staking claims Guns and stories for the weak at heart And a guitar that you can't play The tunes grow old and the dead won't die We've got marriage on our minds I write my name on the cabin wall And its christened with lies