Smooth stones have fallen once out a sky night like rain I'm outside on the front lawn, getting black and blue again Lookin' back now I always preferred my enemies to my friends It always just logical, like something constant, upon which you can depend If my father was an earthquake, now then my was a hurricane Me I've got my hands full, just walkin' in a straight line, remembering my own name
(Chorus) I was born in the trees around my Bled fire out the eyes of the sky The world snapped, beneath your feet and every that was alive that died I was born to a cold wind, take the right out of your eyes I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest
I heard stories of city lights as I head out among them trees Bows bendin' a spider web, and no light in for the eye to see Five flies in the summer with the downward pressure of the heat I sneak down gravel at night till your black eye's hotter than the Tennessee concrete
(Chorus) I was born in the around my home fire out into the eyes of the sky The world snapped, beneath your feet and every thing that was that died I was born to a cold wind, take the word out of mouth and color right out of your eyes I just keep what I can now, and leave the rest behind I keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest behind
to go there's a heavy load, watch the human car castle fall apart Ill tell you right now it's more about the stomach out here it is about the heart See a man now playing in a dark caf everybody's back turned Sometimes we've just gotta put our hands into the fire, make that it still burns Red light in downtown Bart pulls out and puddles on his feet I know that of you out there are starving, but it ain't for lack of something to eat
(Chorus) I was born in the trees around my Bled out into the eyes of the sky The world snapped, beneath your feet and thing that was alive that died I was born to a cold wind, the color right out of your eyes Just keep you can carry now, and leave the rest behind Just keep what you can carry now, and leave the rest