What Keeps Mankind Alive? Lyrics

You're the head on the spearYou're the nail on the crossYou're the fly in my beerYou're the key that got lostYou're the letter from Jesus on the bathroom wallYou're Mother Superior...Read Full Lyrics

We put up our tent on a darkgreen knoll, outside of town bythe train tracks and a seagull dumpTopping the bill was Horse Face Etheland her 'Marvellous Pigs In Satin'We pounded our ...Read Full Lyrics

Well, my time went so quicklyI went lickety-splicklyOut to my old '55As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holyGod knows, I was feeling aliveNow the sun's coming upI'm riding with La...Read Full Lyrics

Lay your head where my heart used to beHold the earth above meLay down on the green grassRemember when you loved meCome closer don't be shyStand beneath a rainy skyThe moon is over...Read Full Lyrics

Come on peopleGot to get on boardTrain is leavin'And there's room for one moreGod, don't listen to the devilHe got ways to move youThis train don't carry no smokersThis trainWell, ...Read Full Lyrics

I left New York in 1949To go across the country without a bad blame dimeMontana in the cold cold fallFound my father in the gambling hallFather, Father where you been?I've been out...Read Full Lyrics

Romeo is bleeding, not so as you'd noticeHe's over on 18th street as usualLookin' so hard against the hood of his carPuttin' out a cigarette in his handFor all the pachucos at the ...Read Full Lyrics

Well these diamonds on my windshieldAnd these tears from heavenWell I'm pulling into town on the InterstateI got a steel train in the rainAnd the wind bites my cheek through the wi...Read Full Lyrics

I like my town with a little drop of poisonNobody knows, they're lining up to go insaneI'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filterBut I feel much cleaner after it rainsAnd...Read Full Lyrics

I want to hold youBut every time I trySomething keeps youOut of reachI want to love youBut every time I trySomething keepsLove awayAnd I can feel itSo love me right nowThough it wo...Read Full Lyrics