Isis (Live at the Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA - November 21, 1975, Evening Show)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I married Isis on the fifth day of May But I could not hold on to her very long So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong I came to a high place of darkness and light The dividing line ran through the center of town I hitched up my pony to a post on the right Went in to a laundry and washed my clothes down A man in the corner approached me for a match I knew right away, he was not ordinary He said, "Are you looking for something easy to catch?" I said, "I got no money, man," he said "That ain't necessary" [Verse 2] We set out that night for the cold in the North I gave him my blanket and he gavе me his word I said, 'Where wе going?" He said we'd be back by the fourth I said, "That's the best news that I've ever heard" I was thinking 'bout turquoise, I was thinking 'bout gold I was thinking 'bout diamonds and the world's biggest necklace As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold I was thinking 'bout Isis, how she saw I was so reckless She told me, though, that one day we would meet up again And things would be different the next time we wed If I only could just hang on and be her friend I still can't remember all the best things she said [Verse 3] We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice He said, "There's a body that I'm trying to find" "If I carry it out, it'll bring a good price" 'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind Well, the wind, it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn When he died, I was hoping that it wasn't contagious But I made up my mind that I had to get on [Verse 4] Picked up his body and I dragged him inside Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover I said a quick prayer just to feel satisfied Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her She was there in the meadow, where the creek used to rise Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes I cursed her one time, then I rode on ahead She said, "Where you been?" I said, "No place special" She said, "You look different," I said, "Well, I guess" She said, "You been gone," I said, "That's only natural" She said, "You going to stay?" I said, "If you want me to, yes" [Verse 5] Isis, oh, Isis, you a mystical child What drives me to you is what drives me insane I still can remember the way that you smiled On the fifth day of May in the drizzling rain [Outro] Thank you