Idiot Wind

Someone's got it in for me
They're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is, I wish they'd cut it out quick
But when they will, I can only guess
They say I shot a man named Crane
Then took his wife to Italy
She'd inherited a million bucks
And when she died, it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky

People see me all the time and
They just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas
Images and distorted facts
Even you yesterday
You had to ask me where I was at
I couldn't believe after all these years
You didn't know me any better than that sweet lady

Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the back roads to Kennesaw
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

I run into the fortune teller, he said
"Beware of lightning, that might strike"
I had an old peace and quiet for so long
I can't remember what it's like
There's a lone soldier on the cross
Smoke pouring out of a boxcar door
You didn't know it, you'd think it could be done
In the final end, he won the war
After losing every battle

Woke up on the roadside daydreaming
About the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut hair
Still shoot through my head and are making me see stars
You hurt the ones I love best
And cover up the truth with lies
One day you'll be in the ditch
With flies buzzing around your eyes
Blood on your saddle

Idiot wind
Blowing through the flowers on your tomb
Blowing through the curtains in your room
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

It was gravity which pulled us down
And destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage, but it
It wasn't enough to change my heart
Now everything's a little upside down
As a matter of fact, the wheels have stopped
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
You'll find out when you reach the top
You're on the bottom

I noticed at the ceremony
Your corrupt ways, it finally made you blind
I can't remember your face anymore
Your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine
The priest wore black on the seventh day
And sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards near the cypress trees
While the springtime turned slowly into autumn

Idiot wind
Blowing like a circle 'round my skull
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

I can't feel you anymore
I can't even touch the books you read
Every time I crawl past your door
I'd be wishing I'd be somebody else instead
Down the highway, down the tracks
Down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars
Hounded by your memory
And all your ancient glory

I've been double-crossed now for the very last time
And now I'm finally free
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
On the borderline which separated you from me
You'll never know the hurt I suffered
Nor the pain I rise above
And I'll never know the same about you
Your holiness or your kind of love
And it makes me feel so sorry

Idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots, babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves