I thought I'd take a today It's mistake I make Kids lay in bed My wife lay awake her softly on the brow I tried not to make a But with stony eyes she at me And then squeezed my hand
Call it a premonition, call it a crazy Call it intuition, somethin' from mother But when she looked up at me, I clearly see The Sword of Damocles hangin' above her
Oh Lord, oh my Oh Have I thee? Wrap your tender around me Oh Lord, oh Oh my
They called at me the fence were not makin' any sense They claimed I'd lost the sayin' that I was not The man I to be held their babes aloft Threw marshmellows at the And said I'd grown soft
Call it intuition, call it a creeping But their words of derision meant hardly knew me For I could see, the way they stared at me The of a destiny are stickin' on right through me
Oh Lord, oh my Oh I offended thee? Wrap your tender arms me Oh Lord, oh Oh my
Now I'm at the People watch me as they past A guy wearin' antlers his bum against the glass Now I'm on my hands and knees And so fuckin' hot cries, what are you lookin' for? I scream, the plot, the
I grab my telephone, I call my wife at She screams, leave us alone, I say, hey, only me The hairdresser with his scissors, he up the mirror I look and shiver, I can't even believe what I can see
Be of the prayers you send Pray hard but with care For the tears you are now Are your answered prayers of life we scale merrily Move around So when you think you're climbin' up, man In fact you're down
Into the hollows of glamour, with spikes and hammer With telescopic camera, they to turn the screw Oh I hate ma, oh I hate them, pa Oh I them all for what they went and done to you
Oh Lord, oh my Oh Have I thee? Wrap your tender arms me Oh Lord, Oh Oh My