And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away When I was a child my family would travel Down to

Shine on you crazy diamond Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze Come on you target for

Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown You better stop, look around Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes When you were a child you were treated kind But you were never brought up right You were always spoiled with a thousand

Hell-hound, hot leather on your legs That smokin powder keg You're riding on is hell-bound And you're the one they claim It's going down in flames You're riding Hades' rails (Hellion) The devil's Hellion child Will never have to die

No food on my table And no shoes to go on my feet Hard times, hard times Hard times seem like a jealous thing My children cry for mercy They got no place to call your own If someone don't help me And I just can't be around three months long No shoes on

(Bury me in blood oil) Tell your children we got another year coming Bury me in blood oil Build me black Jesus Shackles pulling at your hair I'm a heading down, down, down Down to the river 'cause I don't believe in medicine Oil stains the legs of this

We're gonna crash We're gonna burn Flying on a suicide bomber Let me break it down While you're racking up your brain And never only rain Nightmares come as they go Recurring as they show The movie I've seen

But when you’re bad And you’re lookin’ at me just like that Reach up and you take my hat and you turn it around Steal my drink and you shoot it on down When you’re wild, child, flashin’ that come here smile Spinnin’ in your little red dress Show a little

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, like an American You make me crazy, you make me wild Just like a baby, spin me 'round like a child Your skin so golden brown Be young, be dope be proud Like an American Like ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, whoa Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Play house,

With the angels Gone, she's asleep, finally, she's at peace Gone, out of reach, finally, souls in peace How could you put your own child in danger? And turn around and take the words of a stranger You didn't wanna face the facts so you blamed her Why