Give Way

Lyrics

Kissed your mother and father goodbye Watched the world through meager eyes Soon madness spread through everything you own And the skin that holds your bones Drive a long way in a borrowed car Chasing visions, whatever they are Give me a place in your lonely mind Give me a piece of that heartache that's hard to find Just don't give way to that nine pound hammer Climb down deep in that lonesome canyon You're out beyond a world you abandoned Don't give way to that nine pound hammer You're an old, good friend to me And your own worst enemy You learned the truth about the world within your mind And there is no other kind When you give way to that nine pound hammer Climb down deep in that lonesome canyon Out beyond the world you abandoned Don't give way to that nine pound hammer It'll fix your feet so you cannot walk Fix your tongue so you cannot talk Fix your eyes so you cannot see Fix your heart till you're lost at sea You cracked the weakest, bravest smile I pulled up a chair to talk awhile You laid a hand on me, and then you said Friends, there are no friends Then you gave way to that nine pound hammer Climbed down deep in that lonesome canyon Out beyond a world you abandoned You gave way to the weight of that nine pound hammer