Nail It Down

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Nail it down, nail it down Come back home and just nail it down Yeah, you can't get nothing up off the ground If someone don't come along and nail it down He says he knows, he says he knows But he's never even been where his mouth goes Well it's all the same, that vicious zeal But how does what's false apply to what is real? [Refrain] And why's it gotta be a mystery? You gotta lay it out [Verse 2] Like thunderheads creeping down the hill And pretty soon everyone gets ill But I slip the net, being tall and thin And pretty soon the dark turns to dim [Refrain] I can see a little clearer now You got to nail it down [Verse 3] Listen here, listen here Tomorrow is the first day of the year So cut the work that can't be done You're either cutting all that work or you won't finish none [Refrain] You gotta lay your tools out Pick up one [Verse 4] All storms still stir behind a big sea wall What's the point of something that you can't recall? You gotta give it time, give it time Or it'll go to rack and ruin and you'll lose your mind [Refrain] You'll either learn to swim then Or you'll be left behind [Chorus] And I'll try anything, anything I think is good And I'll do anything, anything I think I should And I'll try anything if it seems clearer at first light And I'll do anything before it's vanished from my sight [Verse 5] Her hair was wet, her shoes were damp And as she traveled on, the weather licked her like a stamp She said, "I don't grasp the way you think sometimes You're like a star that's died but hasn't lost its shine" [Refrain] Well my head is hollow as she turns to go Nail it down [Verse 6] Yeah, nail it down, nail it down You gotta come back home or just nail it down Well you can't get nothing up off the ground If someone don't come along and nail it down [Refrain] You break one law, you break all laws Nail it down [Chorus] And I'll try anything, anything within a breath And I'll do anything, you know you would not want to pine to death And I'll try anything, anything that's bought or sold And I'll try anything, even if something that you cannot hold [Outro] "And I'll do anything," said the old man of the sea And I'll try anything if you would only get along with me And I've been everywhere, and I've done everything to do But I'll try anything if I could only get along with you [Guitar Solo]