Cowboy Junkies Album

We are miners, hard rock miners
To the shaft house we must go
Pour your bottles on our shoulders
We are marching to the slowOn the line boys, on the line boys
Drill your holes and stand in line
'til the shift boss comes to tell you
You must drill her out on topCan't you feel the rock dust in your lungs?
It'll cut down a miner when he is still young
Two years and the silicosis takes hold
And I feel like I'm dying from mining for goldYes, I feel like I'm dying from mining for gold

I said "Mama, he's crazy and he scares me
But I want him by my side
Though he's wild and he's bad
And sometimes just plain mad
I need him to keep me satisfied"I said "Papa, don't cry cause it's alright
And I see you in some of his ways
Though he might not give me the life that you wanted
I'll love him the rest of my days"Misguided angel hangin' over me
Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory
Soul like a Lucifer, black and cold like a piece of lead
Misguided angel, love you 'til I'm deadI said "Brother, you speak to me of passion
You said never to settle for nothing less
Well, it's in the way he walks,
It's in the way he talks
His smile, his anger and his kisses"I said "Sister, don't you understand?
He's all I ever wanted in a man
I'm tired of sittin' around the T.V. every night
Hoping I'm finding a Mr. Right"Misguided angel hangin' over me
Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory
Soul like a Lucifer
Black and cold like a piece of lead
Misguided angel, love you 'til I'm deadHe says "Baby, don't listen to what they say
There comes a time when you have to break away"
He says "Baby there are things we all cling to all our life
It's time to let them go and become my wife"Misguided angel hangin' over me
Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory
Soul like a Lucifer
Black and cold like a piece of lead
Misguided angel, love you 'til I'm dead

I only want to say
That if there is a way
I want my baby back with me
'cause he's my true love
My only one don't you see?And on that fateful day
Perhaps in the new sun of May
My baby walks back into my arms
I'll keep him beside me
Forever from harmYou see I was afraid
To let my baby stray
I kept him too tightly by my side
And then one sad day
He went away and he diedBlue Moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue Moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care forI only want to say
That if there is a way
I want my baby back with me
'cause he's my true love
My only one don't you see?

Breaking away to the other side
I wanna make sense of why we live and die
I don't get it, I don't get itI ask my friends if they understand
They just laugh at me and watch another band
They don't worry, they don't worryLookin' for a way to lose my load
I wanna make it easy to walk this road
I can't find it, yeah I can't find itYeah, I'm looking for answers in so many places
I open my mind
I don't get itWalkin' this earth and keepin' my peace
I do what I want but the price is steep
It don't seem right, it don't seem rightMy mama she told me "One step at a time
And sooner or later you'll walk that line"
I don't want to, I don't want toTakin' my time to live and die
I wanna find a way to do it right
And I ease on, and I ease onThey say "One thing always leads to another"
I open my mind
I don't get itBreaking away to the other side
I wanna make sense of why we live and die
I don't get it, I don't get it
I don't get it, I don't get it
I don't get it

Hear the lonesome whippoorwill
His song's too blue to fly
The midnight train is a-winding low
I'm so lonesome I could cryI've never seen a night so long
When time keeps crawling by
The moon is gone behind the clouds
To hide his face and cryHave you ever seen a robin weep
When leaves have turned to brown?
Like me he's lost his will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cryThe silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple haze
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I buried him down by the river
'cause that's where he liked to be
And every night when the moon is high
I go there and weep openlyHe and I were married
By this river 'neath this willow tree
And with God and friends witnessing it
He pledged his life to meTo me he was Earth
And I rooted in his soil
I to he was Sky vast and free
Of the burdens from which he toiledThen one night a terrible fight
Words spoken better left unsaid
With his wedding vows ringing in my ears
He gave his life to meThey say to love is to bury
Those demons from which we all hide
But tonight by this river 'neath this willow tree
Becoming one of Earth and Sky

Atlanta's a distant memory
Montgomery a recent birth
And Tulsa burns on the desert floor
Like a signal fireI got Willie on the radio
A dozen things on my mind
And number one is fleshing out
These dreams of mineI've got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But there'll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
To fall into tonightIn Nashville there is a lighter
In a case for all to see
It speaks of dreams and heartaches
Left unsungAnd in the corner stands a guitar and
Lonesome words scrawled in a drunken hand
I don't travel past, travel hard before
And I'm beginning to understandThat I've got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But there'll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
To fall into tonightThey say that I am crazy
My life wasting on this road
That time will find my dreams
Scared or dead and coldBut I heard there is a light
Drawing me to reach an end
And when I reach there, I'll turn back
And you and I can begin againI've got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But there'll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
To fall into tonightI've got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But I wouldn't trade all your golden tomorrows
For one hour of this nightAtlanta's a distant memory
Montgomery a recent birth
And Tulsa burns on the desert floor
Like a signal fire

I hope that I find what I'm reaching for
The way that it is in my mind
I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore
And maybe to have learned this timeSomeday I'll get over you
I'll live to see it all through
But I'll always miss
Dreaming my dreams with youBut I won't let it change me, not if I can
I'd rather believe in love
And give it away as much as I can
To those that I am fondest ofSomeday I'll get over you
I'll live to see it all through
But I'll always miss
Dreaming my dreams with youSomeday I'll get over you
I'll miss dreaming with you
Someday I'll get over you
I'll miss dreaming with you
Someday

Working on a building, a Holy Ghost building
For my Lord, for my Lord
If I was a drunkard I tell you what I'd do
I would quit my drinking and work on that building tooWorking on a building, a Holy Ghost building
For my Lord, yeah for my Lord
If I was a liar I tell you what I'd do
I would quit my lying and work on that building tooWorking on a building, it's a Holy Ghost building
For my Lord, yeah for my LordWorking on a building, it's a Holy Ghost building
For my Lord, yeah for my Lord
If I was a singer I tell you what I'd do
I would keep on singing and work on that building too

Anyone who's ever had a heart
Wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who's ever played a part
Wouldn't turn around and hate it
Sweet Jane, sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet JaneYou're waiting for Jimmy down in the alley
Waiting there for him to come back home
Waiting down on the corner
And thinking of ways to get back home
Sweet Jane, sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet JaneAnyone who's ever had a dream
Anyone who's ever played a part
Anyone who's ever been lonely
And anyone who's ever split apart
Sweet Jane, sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet JaneHeavenly widened roses
Seem to whisper to me when you smile
Heavenly widened roses
Seem to whisper to me when you smileLa la la la, la la la, etc...Sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet Jane

Especially with my head pounding
And lying helpless in my bed
I long for you and your expert hands
To ease this white heat from my headAnd you would boast that you knew
All the pressure points inside
And you could just as easily kill me
Beneath the desire that I hideBut as your patient I knew
That your healing powers had grown
From a sore that's far far deeper
Than this heart where the pain was bornWith my head again clear
I think of words to send to you
To coax you back to my side
But always leave out "I love you"And then through my front door
A picture of a faraway land
And to with love on the back
And once again I reach for my pen

I was walking after midnight
Yeah, out in the moonlight
The way we used to do
I'm always walking after midnight
Searching for you
I'm always walking after midnight
Searching for youI stop to see a weeping willow
Crying on his pillow
Maybe he's a-crying for me
And as the skys turn gloomy
The night winds whisper to me
I'm lonesome as I can be
I'm always walking after midnight
Searching for youI walk for miles along the highway
Well that's just my way
Of saying "I love you"
I'm always walking after midnight
Searching for you
I walk for miles along the highway
Searching for youI'm always walking after midnight
Yeah, out in the moonlight
Hoping you may be
Somewhere a-walking after midnight
Searching for me
I'm always walking after midnight
Searching for you