Walking into Clarksdale

Big boat stealing through the darkness

Will you bring to me my love?

Will you bring to me my only love?

In night the light of oneness

And the one light guides you home

And the keeper turns his cards alone



The single version has an extra chorus here:

Shining in my light - shining in the light

Shining in my light - shining in the light --



From this shore my memory wandered

And I dance upon the sea

Can I dance with you upon the sea?

Oh, I love your brown-eyed madness

And your beauty was exposed

Now your memory's clinging to my clothes



Shining in my light - shining in the light

Shining in my light - shining in the light --

Oh yeah, here I am

I've been here since all the time began

Oh oh, I'm here and then

Go round and round and back again



Hey hey, come look and see

My footsteps through eternity

Riding hard and strong and free

The messenger will hold the key



I saw him - I knew him - I touched him

When the world was young

I saw, I knew and I touched

When the world was young

When the world was young



High on a hill

Home of my heart, take me dancing

Round, oh, round

Carry me still

Sweet home of my heart, take me dancing

Round, oh, round



Yes, I saw him - I knew him - I touched him

When the world was young

I saw you - I knew and I touched you

When the world was young



Round, round, round and round

I saw him - I touched him - I knew him

When the world was young

I saw him and I touched him and I knew him

When the world was young



Carry me still

Home of your heart, keep me dancing

Round and round



When the world was young

When the world was young

First was a fire that burned

After came the sea

Crawling through the rain and storm

For you - for me



Slowly walk the sacred four

Countenance sublime

Shining in the light of love

Shining - shine



Oh, shine for me now

Oh, shine for me now



High upon a golden horse

Up on the sea

Moves a man with simple words

Some for you now and some for me



Burn for me, burn for me now

Oh, burn for me now

Dance for me, dance for me now



Out there where the wild wind blows

Oh, the soul is free now

You will be my brightest star

Shining - shine



Oh, shine for me now

Oh, shine for me now

Burn for me - burn for me, yeah

Oh, dance for me now

Dance for me, dance for me now



Oh, shine for me now

Oh, shine for me now

Another day is ended

And I remember when 

My world came falling down

Out there the stars stopped dancing

Lost in my darkness now

The rain keeps falling down



Light of my life - where have you gone?

Love's true flame dies without the warmth of your sun



Here comes a blue train rolling

Across my heart it crawls

The rain still falling down

Another day escapes me

A little later maybe

Love will roll around



Light of my life [etc repeated]



I been waiting on a corner

Yeah, I been waiting for a sign to be found

I been waiting on a corner

I been waiting for a sign now

Oh, now



Light of my life [etc repeated]



So you know the blue train go

It carry my heart and my soul

Whistle blowing - blue train rolling

Carry my darkness all around

Whistle blow - blue train roll

Carry my heart



I been waiting on a corner

I been wishing for a sign now

I been waiting on a corner

I been waiting for a sign now

Whistle blowing - blue train going

Calling across my mind now



I been standing on the corner

I been waiting for the sun to go down

Yeah, the blue train - it's the blue train

Oh, it's a blue train rolling

Caught out running - just a little too much to hide

Baby baby, everything's gonna work out fine

Please read the letter - I nailed it to your door

It's crazy how it all turned out - you needed so much more



Too late, too late - the fool can read the signs

Baby baby, you better check between the lines

Please read the letter I wrote in my sleep

With the help and consultation of the angels of the deep



Once I stood beside a well of many words

Our house was full of rings and chimes and pretty birds

Please understand me - my walls came falling down

There's nothing here that's left for you

But check with Lost and Found



Please read the letter that I wrote

Please read the letter that I wrote



One more song, just before we go

Remember, baby, the things we used to know

Please read my letter and promise me you'll keep

The secrets and the memory to cherish in the deep



Please read the letter that I wrote

Please read the letter that I wrote

Please read the letter that I wrote

Who guards the truth, oh Lord most high?

The frightened dove in the starless sky

Oh-oh - so high, most high, so high



Who hides the east from the blind man's eye?

In the land of peace when the righteous cry

Oh-oh - so high, most high, so high



Where are the words - I'm the king

Who moved the stars and I'm a son

To the light where my spirit was born

Bring this wanderer home



While mercy sleeps in the hearts of liars

And the olive tree is consumed by fire

Oh-oh - so high, most high, so high



Where are the words of the king

Who moved the star above the sun

To the light where my spirit was born

Bring this wanderer home



Come on, come on, come on



Now David's seed talks through his paper crown

And he spits hot steel - see all the kids fall down

Oh-oh - so high, most high, oh-oh

Do you gather flowers for me?

Moving softly through the trees

And the scent against your arm

Long ago I knew your charm

As I walk through the purple hills of soon forgotten woe

Then my heart was in your hand

And my heart was in your hand



Do your lips still call my name?

Would your mouth still taste the same?

There I learn the sweetest words

What price mercy yet?

Though I steal all across the years, the memory lingers on

All my heart in your hand

All my heart in your hand



Should I fall beside the road

Everlasting wandering soul

And my memory so blind

And my heart was there ahead

As I walk through the purple hills of long ago

I know my heart is in your hand

All my heart is in your hand

My heart is in your hand

All my heart

When I was born I was running

As my feet hit the ground

Before I could talk I was humming

An old railroad sound

Things didn't get much better

When by the age of five

They found me [caught me] walking into Clarksdale

Trying to keep my friends alive



No time for celebration

Now there's [There was] no known cure

Seeing I was born and raised

On the wrong killing floor

And my loved ones gathered round

To see if the experiment had worked

I was misplaced, out of time

Privileged and worse



Oh mama please, don't cry for me

Tears to the river - tears to be free



Now I see twelve white horses

Yeah, walking in line

Moving east across the metal bridge

On highway forty-nine

And standing in the shadows of a burned out motel

The king of commerce Mississippi

Waiting with his hound [hounds] from hell



Oh, a shiny neon riverboat

Taking income from the poor

It is floating by the levee [It is moored across the mountain]

In an artificial pool

There's a six-mile tailback back on [out at] junction 304

A stranger at the crossroad

I believe I've seen his face before



Oh, don't cry for me

Tears fill [Tears to] the river - tears to be free



I'm sad to be leaving

The sun's going down and I've really got to go now

Sad to be leaving

The sun's going down - I've really got to go now

Yeah, really got to go now

I've got to go - I've got to move - I've got to move, yeah

  (that last line is not in the live version)



Sad to be leaving

Sun's going down - I've really got to go now

Sad to be leaving

The sun's going down and I've really got to go now

Yeah, really got to go now

My mind is cracked - I stand alone

And my way is dark as night

Back on the hill the wind did moan

And big black clouds fly by



The rain fell down - it drowned my heart

It raged inside my soul

A pain that tore the skies apart

And a twisted night unfolds



Oh, burning up - I'm burning up - I'm burning up



This lonely road that I must walk

All these tears that burn my eyes

Emptiness my torment draws

In my silent, loveless life



Oh, burning up - I'm burning up - I'm burning up



Oh, can you hear me?

Hear me calling 'cross a thousand miles

Oh, would you lead me?

If I die, I die a thousand times



[Like a volcano] I'm burning up

[Like a volcano] I'm burning up --

I was reaching for the future

Slowly floating in the blue

When I was a boy

I dreamed a dream of you



I danced upon the tree-top

I drifted with the stream

When I was a child

I held you in my dream



Once I was a soldier

In my castle strong

Oh, I stood so tall then

I could do no wrong

Innocence and slumber

When I was a boy



I was walking with a stranger

He left without a trace

When I was a boy

I slept at heaven's gate



Once I was a soldier [etc repeated]

Once I was a soldier [etc repeated]

Oh, speak to me - tell me the truth

Why don't you let me know?

Oh, throw me the key - I'm locking it up

I think it's time to go



And when I think about it now

We built a house of love somehow



Oh, talk to me - you're packing your clothes

You leave me walking the floor

Oh, feels strange to me - I'm losing control

I cant feel you any more



And when I think about it now

We built a house of love somehow

It hurts a little too much

It hurts a little too much



Oh, my crazy arms - so empty now

So cold, like dying slow

Oh, remember me - I can't forget

You touched my very soul



And when I think about it now

We built a house of love somehow

A little too much

It hurts a little too much

It hurts a little too much

It hurts a little too much



Ah, you hurt me girl

Oh, you really, really do now

Ah, you hurt me child

You know you really, really do now

But things get better, baby



When I was born I was running

Just running so hard

But things get much better baby

It's so hard - it's so hard, so hard

Keep a-running, keep a-running, yes

Things get better, baby



My crazy arms - so empty now

So cold, like dying slow

Oh, remember me - I can't forget

You touched my very soul



And when I think about it now

We built a house of love somehow

Just a little too much



Yeah, too much

It's just a little too much

It's just a little too much

Won't you fetch another white girl

To play with in the sand

The one I have right now is broke

The one I really had has planned

To get religion - to find another way

She's at the temple - all I've got to say



I've got to face it - I'm home alone

I feel quite naked - I'm so forlorn

I am united - in disarray

I've no intention - I go and pray



On other dream-boats I can sail away

Adrift in warm devotion - no memory - I feel no pain

I live for new beginnings

Ride the wind to win the day

Out on the ocean - I decide I'm here to stay

I can't get started - I'm at an end

She's got religion - I've lost a friend

I talk in circles - I make no sense

I get so nervous - no recompense



I have to face it - I'm home alone

I feel quite naked - I'm so forlorn

I am united - in disarray

I've no intention - I go pray



Bring me the brightest star that I can wish upon

I close my eyes so very tight, pretending you're not gone

So deep is my distraction, maybe I'll disappear

With stronger plans then - I'm not lonely when you're here

I can't get started - I'm at an end

She's got religion - I've got a friend

I talk in circles - I make no sense

I get so nervous - no recompense



I have to face it - I'm home alone

I feel quite naked - oh, so forlorn

I am united - in disarray

I've no intention - I go pray, hey hey



I can't get started - I'm at an end

She's got religion and I've lost a friend

I talk in circles - I make no sense

I get so nervous - no recompense



Go fetch another nice girl

Another nice girl

Another nice girl --