Tough Mama

Meat shakin' on your bones I'm gonna go down to the river and get some stones Sister's on the highway with that steel-drivin' crew Papa's in the big house, his workin' days are through Tough Mama Can I blow a little smoke on you? Dark Beauty Won't you move it on over and make some room? It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies Dark Beauty With that long night's journey in your eyes Sweet Goddess Born of a blinding light and a changing wind Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast Sweet Goddess Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last Silver Angel With the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch I'm crestfallen The world of illusion is at my door I ain't a-haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite Dark Beauty Meet me at the border late tonight