Rake

Well, I used to wake and run with the moon

I lived like a rake and a young man

I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds

My laughter the devil would frighten

The sun she would come and beat me back down

But every cruel day had it's nightfall

I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars

Full of fire and forgetful

Well, my body was sharp, the dark air clean

And outrage my joyful companion

And whisperin' women how sweet did they seem

Kneelin' for me to command them

And time was like water but I was the sea

I wouldn't have noticed it passin'

Except for the turnin' of night into day

And the turnin' of day into cursin'

They look at me now, don't think I don't know

What all your eyes are sayin'

Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies?

They're just tricks that his brains been playin'

A lover of women he can't hardly stand

He trembles, he's bent and he's broken

I've fallen it's true but I say to you

"Hold your tongues until after I've spoken"

I was takin' by pride in the pleasure I'd known

I laughed and said I'd be forgiven

But my laughter turned around, eyes blazing and

Said, "Friend, we're holdin' a wedding"

I buried my face but it spoke once again

Night to the day we're a bindin'

And now the dark air is like fire on my skin

And even the moonlight is blinding

Now the dark air's like fire on my skin

And even the moonlight is blinding