Oh, my daddy said shoot And men like me come around He said take care of your mother Watch out for your sister With his gun, with his head held high He told me not to cry With his right hand on his rifle He swore it on the bible My daddy said shoot

Then I'll take care of you So let them talk about us Let them call us funny things People sometimes do I don't care as long As you know I love you Oh, and you know I do I'll be there, but you might not see me It's never easy to get through

Every time, god damn, I look at my son, I see something I can't be. Beautiful and care free, that's how I used to be. Like some god damn fucking freak, I'm so pressured, I'm so worried, Something takes a hold of me, something I can't believe. So I see

Scarecrow's only scaring himself Sometimes the jail can't chain the cell All alone by a barren well Walking to the other side With the Devil trying to take my mind And my soul's just a silhouette On the ashes of a cigarette Illusions never fake their

Career opportunities, the ones that never knock Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock They offered me the office, offered me the shop They said I'd better take anything they'd got Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do you

Take the long way home Long way home You took the long way home So you think you're a Romeo Playing a part in a picture-show 'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood Why should you care if you're feeling good But there are times that you feel you're

I know I need to feel released And I know I need to feel relief Take care to tell it just as it was Take care to tell on me for the cause Take care to bury all that you can Take care to leave a trace of a man I know, I know, I know, I know But you got it

There is no way back from here Pleased to meet you take my hand Pleased to meet you say your prayers But I don't care I'm fightin' for you I'm breakin' to you Lately, I've been Livin' in my head The rest of me is dead

When the fever comes To take care of my soul And there's no one else Yes there's no one else Open up your eyes I've got nothing to say There's no one else but us In this little place Moving like the rain

Lovin' you is easy Comes so naturally Those wonderful things that you do In love with you It comes so naturally If I gave you forever Would you take care of me yeah, yeah (ah, ooh)? Would you take me for granted?