Idiot Wind

[Verse 1]

Someone’s got it in for me

They’re plantin' stories in the press

Whoever it is I wish they’d cut it out

But when they will I can only guess

They say I shot a man named Gray

And took his wife to Italy

And she inherited a million bucks

And when she died it came to me

I can’t help it if I’m lucky

[Verse 2]

People see me all the time

They just can’t remember how to act

Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts

And even you, yesterday

You had to ask me where it was at

I couldn’t believe after all this time

You didn’t know me better than that

Sweet lady

[Chorus]

Idiot wind

Blowing every time you move your mouth

Blowing down the backroads heading south

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

[Verse 3]

Through the [?] yesterday

Said there might be thunder at the well

Peace and quiet's been avoiding me

For so long, it feels like living hell

There’s a lone soldier on the hill

Watching falling raindrops pour

You'd never know [?] to look at him

But in the final shot he'd won the war

After losing every battle

[Verse 4]

I woke up on the roadside

Daydreaming about the way things sometimes are

Hoofbeats pounding in my head

I'd break the [?] it's makin' me see stars

You hurt the ones that I love best

You cover up the truth with lies

One day you’ll be in the ditch

Flies buzzing around your eyes

Blood on your saddle

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 5]

It was gravity which pulled us in

And destiny which broke us apart

You tamed the lion in my cage

But it just 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

That you’re on the bottom

[Verse 6]

I noticed at the ceremony

That you left all your bags behind

The driver came in after you left

And gave them all to me and then he resigned

The priest wore black on the seventh day

Waltzing 'round while the buildings burned

You didn't trust me for a minute, babe

I've never known the spring to turn

So quickly to Autumn

[Chorus]

Idiot wind

Blowing every time you move your jaw

From the Grand Coulee Dam to Mardi Gras

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

[Verse 7]

We pushed each other a little too far

And one day it just jumped into a raging storm

Behind [?] babe, behind [?] trees

As I was packing up my uniform

I figured I'd lost you anyway

Why go on? What's the use?

In order to get in a word with you I'd have to

Come up with some excuse

And it just struck me kind of funny

[Verse 8]

I been double-crossed too much

At times I think I've almost lost my mind

Lady killers load ice on me behind my back while

Imitators steal me blind

You close your eyes and part of your lips

And slip your fingers from your glove

You can have the best there is

But its gonna cost you all your love

You won't get it for the money

[Chorus]

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