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 friend Then the color bleeds And she becomes an angel, an 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 a turnpike Staring at her knees 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 just smiles, smiles Black loving eyes and a stare that sees for miles Says she wants to stay 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 torch I'm gonna carry, carry Another time where our palms shared the same line 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, love, love, love, love, love