Knock Knock

When i take the prisoners swimming
They have the time of their lives
I love to watch them floating


On their backs
Unburden and relaxed


I sit in the tall grass and look the other way
And when i hall them in they always sing
Our sencencess will not served


We are constantly on trial
It's a way to be free


Most nights i go for a drive
To to the highest place i can find
Stand there on a cliff with gooseflesh
Watching the wind rip the leaves of the trees


Death defying
Every breath
Death defying


Soon we all be back in the yard
Behind the wall
Leaving heart
Dreaming of cool rivers and tall grass


We are constantly on trial
It's a way to be free


We are constantly on trial
It's a way to be free

There's always some bird-dog
Snuffling, choking
Looking like you came to collect
Something you said you owed
There's always some turtle snapping in my head
Saying you can't just waltz in here
Acting like nothing is wrong

No dancing, no dancing, no dancing
Not while the road is racing
No dancing, no dancing, no dancing
Not while the time is chasing

There's a poacher on the land
I recognize his hand
In the mail
He's fogging up the glass
The bird is on the last
And here he comes

Here he comes, oh

No dancing, no dancing, no dancing
Not while the wires are showing
No dancing, no dancing, no dancing
Not while the time is flowing

There's a poacher on the land
I recognize his hand
In the mail
He's fogging up the glass
The bird is on the last
And here he comes

Here he comes, oh

No dancing, no dancing, no dancing
Not while the time is flowing
No dancing, no dancing, no dancing
Not while your wires are showing

Flying around
The houses at night
Flying alone


A teenage spaceship
I was a teenage spaceship
Landing at night


I was beautiful with all my lights
Loomed so large on the horizon
So large, people thought my windows
Were stars
So large on the horizon
People thought my windows
Were stars


A teenage spaceship
A teenage spaceship


And i swore i'd never lay like a log
Bark like a dog


I was a teenage smog
Sewn to the sky

To many lines has been broken
To many people have crumbled apart
In my hand


I should have left a long time ago
The best idea i've ever had


With every mile
Another piece of me peels off
And whips down the road
All down the road


I should have left a long time ago
The best idea i've ever had


With every mile
A piece of me peels of
And whips down the road
All down the road


I should have left a long time ago
The best idea i've ever had


I feel light and strong
I could drive forever


To many lines has been broken
To many people have crumbled apart
In my hand


I should've left a long time ago
The best idea i've ever had


With every mile
Another piece of me peels of
And whips down the road
All down the road


I should've left a long time ago
The best idea i've ever had


I feel light and strong
I could drive forever

I had to leave the country
Though there was some nice folks there
Now i don't know where i'm going
All i know is i'll hit the ground running


Only cowboys
The southern gentlemen
Betting women
That will never mend
They ride the roads as they bend
As they bend to there dead ends


I had to leave the country
Though there was some nice folks there
And now i don't know where i'm going
All i know is that i'll hit the ground running


I was raised in a pit of snakes
Blink your eyes i was raised on cakes
I couldn't memorize a century of slang
Or learn to tell the same story again again and again


I had to leave the country
Though there was some nice folks there
Now i don't know where i'm going
All i know is i'll hit the ground running


Bitterness is a lowest sin
A bitter man rots from within
I've seen his smile
Yellow and brown
The bitterness is rotting down


I had to leave the country
Though there was some nice folks there
Now i don't know where i'm going
All i know to do is hit the ground running


Hit the ground running