…your eyes wide shut And welcome the precious dark" I have seen far, I've never seen close There are no mirrors on my wall Silent is the call of my ocean And the sirens washed ashore All the sins they have long shadows…

…comes home beats his wife until he passes out in his sorry throne the child tries to run, but cannot find the arms to catch him wraps himself in soaking blankets trying to shield him All alone against the world he spends…

…I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride With sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade The bastards hung me in the spring of…

…rain and wind and weather Hell-bent for leather Wishin' my gal was by my side. All the things I'm missin' Good vittles, love, and kissin' Are waiting at the end of my ride. CHORUS Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up…

…Yes, I was playing some troubadour shows in Playa de las Americas, Tenerife, Canary Islands last christmas when this girl came to me and said she really loved my shit. Especially the Rodhouse blues. I was playing…

…on this serpent ride In the grace of our love We writhe in pain Further into this solar fog Mesmerised A drop of her blood tastes like wine I answer her call with a rhyme That is not dead which can eternal lie Yet with…

…Trapped in autumn, buried beneath the leaves To the echo of the summer softly weeping Sinking further in this sanguinary sea Painting pain with pastels through her cemetery eyes Into the night we ride, scars wide open…