Smooth have fallen once more out a sky night like rain I'm outside on the front lawn, getting beaten black and again Lookin' back now I always preferred child my to my friends It always just seemed logical, something constant, upon which you can depend If my father was an earthquake, now then my mother was a Me I've kinda got my hands full, walkin' in a straight line, remembering my own name
(Chorus) I was born in the trees my home Bled fire out the eyes of the sky The world snapped, beneath your and every thing that was alive that died I was born to a cold wind, take the color right out of your I keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest behind
I stories of those city lights as I head out among them trees Bows bendin' a spider web, and no light in for the eye to see Five in the summer skies with the downward pressure of the heat I sneak down that gravel at night till your black eye's hotter the Tennessee concrete
(Chorus) I was born in the trees my home Bled fire out the eyes of the sky The world snapped, beneath your feet and every thing that was alive that I was born to a cold wind, take the word out of your mouth and color out of your eyes I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the behind
to go there's a heavy load, watch the human car castle fall apart Ill tell you right now it's about the stomach out here than it is about the heart See a man now in a dark caf with everybody's back turned Sometimes we've just gotta put our hands the fire, make sure that it still burns Red light in that downtown Bart out and puddles on his feet I know some 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 every thing was alive that died I was born to a cold wind, take the right out of your eyes Just keep you can carry now, and leave the rest behind Just what you can carry now, and leave the rest behind