Been through this whole wide country now

One thing I can never clock

Is the love of a woman in a mountain town

I never really quite shook off

She keep that ring, keep that thing on her lily hand

Said ring I bought is the ring she's got

And I don't want it back

A man shot dead in broad daylight

No one said a word

I guess that happens when you're killing folk

A folk hero gets born

Word spread so fast, stays the same

'Cause nothing's really new

The world's on fire, people keep dying

The rich keep taking from me and you

I'm staring down the barrel of World War III

But what else can I do?

I'm already on the road

Feeling the humming wheels beneath my shoes

'Cause no, I'm not blue collar

Oh brother, I'm just poor

Trying to make a prettier dollar

Playing guitar on a sawdust floor

So I can welcome change

Welcome strange world we embark on

'Cause if we don't die, we'll be alive

Might as well just hang on

Welcome change

Welcome strange world we embark on

'Cause if we don't die, we'll be alive

Might as well just hang on

Dear my flat iron woman

In the corner of my eye

You know I can't keep playing you my songs at your bedside

So I'll roll ahead and watch your frame shrink from behind

But don't think for a second that you're not on my mind

'Cause flat iron woman

In the corner of my eye

I'll always be your lover

But you'll never be

I'll always be your lover

But you'll never be

I'll always be your lover

But you'll never be

My wife

So I can welcome change

Welcome strange world we embark on

'Cause if we don't die, we'll be alive

Might as well just hang on

Welcome change

Welcome strange world we embark on

'Cause if we don't die, we'll be alive

Might as well just hang on