Like most babies smell like butter His smell smelled like no other He was born scentless and senseless He was born a scentless apprentice Go away - get away, get away, get a-way Every wet nurse refused to feed him Electrolytes smell like semen I promise

Did you see your friend crying from his eyes today Did you see him run through the streets and far away Did you see him run, did you see him fall Did his life flash by at the bedroom door Did you hear the news it came across the air today Someone has

Everyone considered him the coward of the county "Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done Walk away from trouble if you can I hope you're old enough to understand Son, you don't have to fight to be a man" He'd never stood one single time to prove

He is I, girl, and I am him Look around, think you've lost your way I play no games, I've got many names Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day Jump on me and don't be afraid Still got time to walk away Lucifer, Leviathan Wanna dance with me, you best

He ain't the leavin' kind And wanna leave him behind (He ain't the leavin'... He ain't the leavin' kind) He'd never walk away Even from those who don't believe They tried their best to drag him out Of a courthouse down in Montgomery And now they wanna

Just too far away Gold shimmering sand is making me thinking of her Thinking of her But I am at Half Moon Bay It's just too far away Just too far away, yeah And all along the way she gives me love Gotta take care of her now, care of her now And our place

The angels laid him away Angels laid him away Laid him six feet under the clay Hey Mrs. Collins ain't it hard See young Louis in that old graveyard Mrs. Collins weep, Mrs. Collins moan What made her son Louis leave his home? Bob shot one, Louis shot two

I will follow If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away, I will follow I was on the outside when you said You said you needed me I was looking at myself I was blind, I could not see A boy tries hard to be a man His mother takes him by his hand

Where the lonely road ends Forever and ever, even today and after Throw the guy a meat bone, put him on a train That's the way it should end Living the outskirts, to forty miles away I kept our picture forever Back in the late fifties we went to the prom

He was a friend of mine And he was a friend of mine I just can't keep from cryin' 'Cause he was a friend of mine He died on the road I stole away and cried He never done no wrong Every time I think of him He just kept on moving