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I was born outside of Lexington The first son of Oblivion I came with a name that was on my tongue I thought it might be You I came of age and fell in love I always pushed too hard or not enough But I kept that song stuck too my tongue I've been trying to get it out See, I tried to marry Jesus Christ It didn't take, but the dress was nice So I filled my pockets with bread and wine And I went on down the road Caught a train to Babylon Learned to sing the secret Songs I dreamt of God in foreign tongues And I learned how to starve In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea and you wanted me like I wanted you I wish that were true I learned that Dionysis dances well SongtexteBut the hangover she hurts like hell Apollo robs the wishing well He's a liar and a thief Blind Lemon, Jack, and Kerouac Henry Miller in my gunny sac Blind Willie Johnson and Kierkegaard Taught me the Texas Blues I found a sleeping river man Swore he would take me across the river to Jerusalem But he wanted more than I could offer him I memorized some quotes and wrote some songs Now I sing for food and cigarettes In these noisy bar and cabarets Cough up the songs stuck in my chest and I trade them for a beer In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea and you wanted me like I wanted you I wish that were true The rain came in Vichy France In a rented room by Pére Lachaise Calypso on the unmade bed She wears grey, but you wear blue, don't you There, I dreamt that I met Kind Louis Who was waiting on the guillotine He said "They just don't see the things I see" I said "They see more than you think" He said "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani" Like the Son of God of or a fallen Beast C'est ne pas mon pais this is not my home Then I awoke by a chestnut tree In the Garden of Gethsemane For a moment I saw Everything Hallelujah and God Damn. In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea and you wanted me like I wanted you I wish that were true Oh Penelope, she ain't waiting on me no more Queen of Tennessee, every street to her was paved with gold A thousand song I have sung I got a hundred thousand in my lungs But they never seem to be enough To keep you by my side All the lovers I have known, Most for fun and some for show They were only just a place to hold The space I keep for you And What may be the only sin Is: life keeps you hungry to the bitter end And one trip to the well ain't enough to get Every thing you'll ever need But I do not tell the world my dreams They are alone for me to keep Like a forrest in a mustard seed Like the fire in the black coals In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea and you wanted me like I wanted you I wish that were true Oh Penelope, she ain't waiting on me no more I heard that she left town, heard she settled on another shore I made it back to Ithaca a high rise where the vineyard was No magnolia trees up above Blue grass hills had turned to stone Then the oracle came at last Said "Everything has come to pass." Disappeared in a camera flash And left me with the bill I am a dying leaf upon this tree I'll maybe last a century Just waiting for a gentle breeze To cast these sails to shore Then I'll return from where I came Without a face or family name And I'll dissolve in the winter's rain Back into Everything In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea and you wanted me like I wanted you I wish that were true Oh Penelope, she ain't waiting on me no more I sailed the seven seas But she don't want a man, she wants her King and that ain't me I'm sorry Aus Songtexte Mania