Ten Degrees of Strange

[Intro]

One, two, three, four!

[Verse 1]

There's a black dog following hot on my trail

Set firm on hollowing my heart till it fails

Got nine days sleepless, seeking to keep this dog off my tail

Lugged this old bag of bones through seven time zones

Oh, I'm ten degrees of strange; I'm trying to change, trying to shake off my shadow

Still hoping to get out of the black dog's range

[Chorus 1]

So I run 'cause I must leave that dog in the dust

Gonna run like a river right down to the sea

Gonna run like the sap through the heart of a tree

I run 'cause I must leave that dog in the dust

[Verse 2]

Oh, you were the pebble and I was the ripple

You were the puzzle and I was the riddle

Together, together, got lost in the middle

You took signs from wonders and some of the meteors

In winter, the thunder, the trees split asunder

Wherever we wander

Now I'm stormbound on high ground, a Jack of the hedge

A wreck on the beach still trying to stay out of the black dog's reach

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Oh, some days I long for the grace of an end

Dam up the river or dry out its bed

Bury me there, body and head

Far from the black dog's song

[Chorus 2]

Well, I run 'cause I must leave that dog in the dust

And I run like a river right down to the sea

Gonna run like the sap through the heart of a tree

I run 'cause I must leave that dog in the dust

Gonna run like a river right down to the sea

Gonna run like the sap through the heart of a tree

I run 'cause I must leave that dog in the dust