It’s where my demons hide This is my kingdom come When you feel my heat Look into my eyes Don’t get too close It’s dark inside No matter what we breed We still are made of greed When the days are cold

Hello, you've come here in search of release, huh? Feeling the need to inspire your soul? Wanting to disappear to a place you could feel outside of your skin? Well, you've found one: a place within my mind

And blood tears I cry Each night I cry in pain Endless grief remained inside Cut off your old friends hand And a cruel wind's blowing cold Welcome to my realm We are both condemned to live It's a dark fate (I can hear your calls

I never saw the gal again Just dig my grave beside the railroad So I can hear the trains go by (Traditional, adapted by Ry Cooder) Come and gather all around me Listen to my tale of woe Got some good advice to give you Lots of things you oughta know Take

The cavalries charged When God's on your side Oh my name it ain't nothin' My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I was taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in

I'll be makin' my way further down the road I'll be makin' my way I want to get there some day Half a mile outside Buloxi Did I come or did I go Seven sirens singin' to me Why I listen I don't know I got some smokes I got some coffee My head is ready to

All my heroes have now become ghosts Sold their sorrow to the ones who paid the most All my heroes are dead and gone But they're inside of me They still live on Ain't nothing for me to end up like this There's no comparing me this time Stare in wonder

We made it out to the other side Ooo ooo ooo ooh My pussy tastes like Pepsi Cola Come on baby, let's ride We can escape to the great sunshine I know your wife and she wouldn't mind Harvey's in the sky with diamonds And it's making me crazy Come on come

There's a secret place I like to go Everyone is there but their face don't show If you get inside you can't get out There's no coming back, I hear them shout Welcome to my hide away, my secret place How I arrived I can't explain You're welcome to, if you

Slow inside I take my time Will come and fill the empty space My wound I'll nurse I'll understand My pain one day will disappear The land beyond is deep within I took the path & I cannot go back I've just connected myself with I But I don't know me that