Grace for Saints and Ramblers

But it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and IThere were banged up hands stealing first base

Underneath the tables so we never sang grace

Falling out of bed for the workday week

There was kissing in the cracks of the flash flood streets

There were button blossoms and merry Johnny Rotten

Chewed up and swallowed by the profit they were trying to follow

Bit too green and we paid no tax on our quick romantic cul de sacBut it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and IThere were washed out cars in our bark-old clothes

They were rubbing on each other rubbing ghost on ghost

There were jonesed-up punks and Jesus freaks

Weaving in and out of trouble wrapping round and round a leash

There were sleepless dreamers, blues day preachers

The message and the messenger, gum beneath the register

The sweet gum tree by the dug dunk tank

We could never give enough to the bad-luck bank

There were hopeless sinners, sweepstake winners

They danced with the farmer's daughter, capered with the corporate lawyersBut it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and IThere was laughing in the night, sugar in the shade

There were back stab handshakes made on faith

We were never out of time and we never entertained

Anybody said out of habit that the wind was going to change

There were restless misfits, teething biscuits

Bodies full of penny wishes, parties full of pretty dishes

Side by side with the birds and bees

And we never sang grace and never ever took a knee

With the saints and ramblers, movie star handlers

High above the aviary, underneath the cemetery

And we never wondered why, 'cause the sun was in our eyes

There was seed for the field, there was grease for the wheel

We were drinking with the luminaries, eating with the visionariesBut it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and I

But it all came down to you and I