Southern Sky Lyrics

I was asleep
I woke up to the sound of it
sashayin’ down the hall
Remnants of secrets
of precious lies
and I’m terrified of it all
I’ve got no past
there is no future
this sickness follows me around
I’ve got no time
the hour’s nearing
and I’m gonna burn this old house down
She knows my face
my broken body
and I still see it in her eyes
the crucifix that bound our bodies
underneath the southern sky

Trapped in a crowd
cheated by misfortune
I pray this light will be her guide
into my arms
these crooked arms
underneath the southern sky
The devil’s paint brush
hold’s just one colour
it pushes out before
as you’d laugh and tell me
playin’ with matches
will only keep me warm
Stars were falling
all around us
in this filthy little town
and while I slept there
you screamed into your pillow
and I’m so sorry
but I never heard a sound
She knows my face
my broken body
and I still see it in her eyes
the crucifix that bound our bodies
underneath the southern sky
Trapped in a crowd
cheated by misfortune
I pray this light will be her guide
into my arms
these crooked arms
underneath the southern sky
She knows my face
my broken body
and I still see it in her eyes
that crucifix that bound our bodies
underneath the southern sky
Trapped in the crowd
we were cheated by misfortune
and I pray this light will be her guide
into my arms
into these broken twisted arms
underneath the southern sky
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(spoken coda)
Walk away from there, OK
The deputies have backed off, I need you to slow down, where you at?
That’s a direct order, do it now
Yeh, we don’t want to do anything to scare your children, that’s the last thing we want to do, we don’t want to scare anybody
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Lyrics submitted by Michael Lee.