Land Locked Blues (Companion Version)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] If you walk away, I'll walk away First tell me which road you will take I don't want to risk our paths crossing some day So if you walk that way, I'll walk this way [Verse 2] And the future hangs over our heads It moves with each current event Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain Just stay in when it's looking this way [Verse 3] And the moon's laying low in the sky Forcing everything metal to shine And the sidewalk holds diamonds like the jewelry store case They argue walk this way, no, walk this way [Verse 4] And Laura's asleep in my bed As I'm leaving she wakes up and says "I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave Baby, don't go away, just come here" [Verse 5] And there's kids playing guns in the street And one's pointing his tree branch at me So I put my hands up, I say, "Enough is enough If you walk away, I'll walk away" And he shot me dead [Chorus 1] I found a liquid cure From my landlocked blues It'll pass away like a slow parade It's leaving, but I don't know how soon [Verse 6] Oh, this world's got me dizzy again You'd think after forty-one years I'd be used to the spin But it only feels worse when I'm stuck in one place So I'm always pacing around or walking away [Verse 7] I keep drinking the ink from my pen And I'm balancing history books up on my head But it all boils down to one quotable phrase: "If you love something, give it away" [Verse 8] A good woman, she will pick you apart A box full of suggestions for your possible heart You may be offended, I know I was afraid But don't walk away, don't walk away [Verse 9] We made love on the living room floor With the noise in the background from a televised war And in that deafening pleasure, I thought I heard someone say "If we walk away, they'll walk away" [Verse 10] But, you know, greed is a bottomless pit Our freedom's a joke, we're just taking a piss And the whole world must watch the sad comic display If you're still free, start running away 'Cause we're coming for you [Verse 11] I've grown so tired of holding this pose I feel more like a stranger every time I come home So I'm making a deal with the devils of fame Saying, "Let me walk away, please" [Verse 12] You'll be free, child, once you have died From the shackles of language and measurable time And then we can trade places, play musical graves 'Til then, walk away, walk away [Chorus 2] So I'm up at dawn, putting on my shoes I just wanna make a clean escape I'm leaving, but I don't know where to Baby, I know I'm leaving, but I don't know where to