Troubled by the Fire

I survived the desperate toll dark depression takes I may not break even but babe I'll never break Golden coins and smiles no they cannot tip my scales Cuz this land, this love will never be for sale Brass hats and soldier boys whiskey on your breath

Oh the dirty wordless fingers come again Where the mermaid singers Oh when I need them Oh how I need them Pretty words doled up on silver platters Chanting sea shanties the words that matter Oh how they shatter me Tattooed sailor man pull that net fr

Struggling like a fly against the glass It's not clear why I can't blast Straight through Behind all the brightest smiles Twist the tortured, tortured souls who I'll never, never know Who I'll try and try to know You show me smoke and mirror eyes And

Been traveling all too long this bear-cat trail But the love in me's grown stronger than this steel rail That I ride back to your bedroom eyes Oh that i ride back to your bedroom eyes Been gone so long baby I wrote you this love song My heart the eng