Shenandoah Shakedown

There's a crack in the altar

Pale light through the break

Like crooked teeth

And I couldn't fault her

Knowin' what was at stake

Nothin' of underneath

And the hills move like lungs

The river speaks in tongues

And I am not alone

Naked Shenandoah

Shakin' me down

Banks lined with foam

I saw you tremblin'

All wrapped up in a towel

Afraid to go home

And the sky, frozen black

Covered my wayward tracks

As I left to get stoned

A sap of recollection

Bleeds through the grain

And hardens the soil

Flights of temporal affection

Poison the veins

Loosen the coil

And if I could find a use

For things I cannot help but do

I might one day atone

Comin' down from your mountain

I'm gonna kick in my own door

Regain my native sight

Shed these worries unfounded

I'll leave 'em there on the floor

In the blue television light

And the wolves are closin' in

The blood runs cold and thin

And the moon shines bright as bone

And the hills move like lungs

The river speaks in tongues

And I am not alone