The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie. Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify.

I march in the parade of liberty But as long as I love you I’m not free How long must I suffer such abuse Won’t you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose?

What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big.

Mama, put my guns in the ground, I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is coming down.

The cards are no good that your are holding unless you're from another world.

You use to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat, who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat.

I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans.