Wolves at the Door

Main Street is empty now
The vacant car lots stare
The cold rain of midnight falls
On the street lights frozen glare
Shuttered storefronts broken boards
Catch weeds blowin' in the cracks
And the creakin' sign sings a song
Of the farmer's broken backs

All the highways go somewhere to
Brighter lights and bigger towns
And no one stops to see the show
Of Main Street breakin' down

The airport light goes round and round
On the broken school yard swing
Cause the children of the prairie
Like geese have taken wing
Ghosts in the churchyard cry out
Their laments of loneliness
Silent bells cry tears that sound
Like stones breakin' colored glass

All the highways go somewhere to
Brighter lights and bigger towns
And no one stops to see the show
Of Main Street breakin' down

Now I'm standing on the pavement
Starin' straight into the night
There's a spirit comin' toward me
Ridin' the tracks of second sight
I can feel the premonition
Where light and darkness meet
I know with certain clarity
There's death down on Main Street

All the highways go somewhere to
Brighter lights and bigger towns
And no one stops to see the show
Of Main Street breakin' down
All the highways go somewhere to
Brighter lights and bigger towns
And no one stops to see the show
Of Main Street breakin' down
And no one stops to see the show
Of Main Street breakin' down

A paper blows off down the street
The words I wrote there sound so sweetFull of passion from when we meet
Or see you sleeping in midnight sheets

I've never loved for higher stakes
Such sweet emotion that it takes
It's so hard when our love breaks
And oh, my heart still aches,
My heart still aches,
my heart still aches for you

The red sun sinks in the western skies
In the window I see the moon rise
Shines so cold on your subtle lies
As I stare back in shocked surprise

I've never loved for higher stakes
Such sweet emotion that it takes
It's so hard when our love breaks
And oh, my heart still aches,
My heart still aches,
my heart still aches for you

In my mind I see us dance across the floor
I fall in your arms and we turn toward the door
Then I realize it's a dream and
nothin' more, nothin' more

I've never loved for higher stakes
Such sweet emotion that it takes
It's so hard when our love breaks
And oh, my heart still aches,
My heart still aches,
my heart still aches for you

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You walked through that door
There was a lure that came from you
That pulled me across the floor
The way you caught my eye
The way my heart stood still
The way you froze time
How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful

Every morning I wake before
Watch the sun kiss your face
It's you I adore
Drink you in with my eyes
Drown gladly in your presence here
A feeling to last my life
How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful

A man, who wants me for what I am
A man, who needs my gentle hand
And a man, who takes me to the unknown
And a man, who brings me safely home
He's so beautiful, so beautiful,
So beautiful, so beautiful

With your gentle touch
You've made me all your own
Who knew we could feel this much
How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful
You are my beautiful

Also marks mine, also marks mine

I live in a city that's dangerously ill
Surrounded by people who have eaten their fill
Lost in a place where light has no name
Catchin' legions of stars that fall the same
Tell me, tell me, what kind of world
Tell me, tell me, what kind of world is this

Runnin' as fast as I can where road turns to sea
And I don't understand what's happenin' to me
I watch the sky break, burst into flames
I see in my heart, it's a dead end game
Tell me, tell me, what kind of world
Tell me, tell me, what kind of world is this

I live with a woman that's unconventionally strange
In a triangle of love that's slightly deranged
Split down the middle I reach with two arms
With watery smiles she pours out her charms
Tell me, tell me, what kind of love
Tell me, tell me, what kind of love is this

Somehow our essence goes floating away
As I search and I search where night turns to day
We're dancing with fire and speaking in signs
Loosing each other here in lonelier times
Tell me, tell me, what kind of love
Tell me, tell me, what kind of love
Tell me, tell me, what kind of love
Tell me, tell me, what kind of love is this

I knew it was a beautiful morning
Turned into a beautiful day
When you said you'd be mine, I was blown away
You make me feel so happy
No matter what I do it shows
You got a mortgage on my heart, and you're gonna foreclose

Now I feel like a truckload of hillbillies on a Saturday night
All hopped up on moonshine and itchin' for a fight
Dollar for a dime it'll work out right
Put us together its dynamite
Knock on wood, you're my good luck tonight

I've had hard times come my way
Sat through many a rainy day
Tried to thumb a ride down that lonesome highway
But you came rollin' up beside me
I jumped in and never looked back
Now our love's as big as a brand new Cadillac

Now I feel like a tent full of sinners on a hot summers night
All hopped up on Jesus and searchin' for the light
Dollar for a dime it'll work out right
Put us together its dynamite
Knock on wood, you're my good luck tonight

I feel like a train full of outlaws runnin' through the night
Takin' their loot 'cross the border, got away without a fight
Dollar for a dime it'll work out right
Put us together its dynamite
Knock on wood, you're my good luck tonight
Dollar for a dime it'll work out right
Put us together its dynamite
Knock on wood, you're my good luck tonight

Grandad bootlegged whiskey
He'd run in late at night
Slippin' down from the border
Escaped the law in a runnin' gunfight
Bottle it up and trade it around
Daddy learned at granddads knee
When a farmer's daughter was took in trade
That's how they made me

Seven generations they say it runs
I can't escape I'm an outlaws son
My fate is sealed I got the jones
Born and bred, I got outlaw bones
Born and bred, I got outlaw bones

Me an' my brothers bootlegged smoke
And white powder by the key
Always slippin' past the law
They never got their hands on me
Bag it up and trade it around
Livin' wild and free
These laws they made were for other folks
Like I learned at daddy's knee

Seven generations they say it runs
I can't escape I'm an outlaws son
My fate is sealed I got the jones
Born and bred, I got outlaw bones
Born and bred, I got outlaw bones

When Jesse James went to ground
He hid out in the middle class
That's where I hide while I teach my son
That new worlds have come to pass
He rides the waves of the internet
Robbing rich men with the stroke of a key
He keeps his outlaw bones well hid
Like he learned at daddy's knee

Seven generations they say it runs
I can't escape I'm an outlaws son
My fate is sealed I got the jones
Born and bred, I got outlaw bones
Born and bred, I got outlaw bones

I met her at a disco, dancin' in the lights
I knew I'd found the answer to all my lonely nights
Lookin' in her eyes put me in an emotional haze
I found myself responding in not so subtle ways
When we moved together it was quite a show
She was really twisted, more than you would know
More than you could tell by looking in her eyes
When I got her home that night I found a big surprise

Sex change lover, isn't what she seems
She used to be a he now she's the woman of my dreams
Sex change lover, she's the only one for me
However she got it, I love her anatomy, anatomy, anatomy

Tall and slender with long blond hair
Looks like a woman, more than her share
But when she was a little boy she felt so odd
Like a little girl livin' in a boys bod'
As she got older the feeling's got worse
That thing between her legs, became a curse
When she turned 21, she went to see the doc
Now she's got a cave, instead of a rock
Sex change lover, isn't what she seems
She used to be a he now she's the woman of my dreams
Sex change lover, she's the only one for me
However she got it, I love her anatomy, anatomy, anatomy

Bridge:
She used to be a he but now she's a she
Whatever sex she is means nothin' to me
There is no black or white, it's all just shades of gray
It really doesn't matter, we're both just swept away

REFRAIN

I give you my hands to hold you tight
I give you my arms to warm you at night
I give my ears to hear your voice
I give you my heart cause I have no choice
O Darlin', I give you everything I have to offer

I give you my future, I give you my past
I give you my first, I give you my last
I give you my laughter, I give you my tears
I give you my hopes I give you my fears
O Darlin', I give you everything I have to offer

Bridge:
There's only one way our love will end
You were there with me when time began
When I look in your eyes there's no surprise
You're there with me 'till all time dies
And if dark clouds should come our way
And your face from mine be turned away
If you feel like you want to roam
Remember my heart is your one true home

I give you my whispers, I give you my screams
I give you my hopes, I give you my dreams
I give you my half, I give you my whole
I give you my heart, I give you my soul
O Darlin', I give you everything I have to offer.

Standin' there one dark lit day Wonderin'
when things would go my way
My mind just stopped and realized
You crept inside and you were hypnotyzin'
So hey now, what's your hurry
Can't you stand a little fury
My scorn can lay you out
Just feel your pain, just rain back down
Hmm, rain back down

Everyday you'd thought you'd judge
A misconception you thought was love
Now I lift my head from shame
We're eye to eye now you've had your day
So hey now, what's your hurry
Can't you stand a little fury
My scorn can lay you out
Just feel your pain, just rain back down
Hmm, rain back down

Bridge:
Never walkin' five steps behind
Never hidin' what's on my mind
Never let you hold me down
Just hold on, baby, it's comin' back around

So hey now, what's your hurry
Can't you stand a little fury
My scorn can lay you out
Just feel your pain, just rain back down
Hmm, rain back down
So hey now, what's your hurry
Can't you stand a little fury
My scorn can lay you out
Just feel your pain, just rain back down
Hmm, rain back down