1. There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up
Oh my, oh my
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry
Oh my, oh my
Every word I say is kindling
But the smoke clears when you're around
Won't you stay with me, my darling
When my walls start burning down?
This house is my name like an elegy
Oh my, oh my
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be
Oh my, oh my
There's still cobwebs in the corners
And the backyard's full of bones
Won't you stay with me, my darling
When this house don't feel like home?
When this house don't feel like home?
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
The devil's after both of us
Last my curses out to rest
Make a mercy out of me
This tired old machine is a-rumbling
Oh my, oh my
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye
Oh my, oh my
All my aching bones…
2. The war was over, I was living with my folks
I yelled upstairs "Hey mom, I'm off to grab some smokes"
And my father called, "Why you need to smoke so late?"
Well I'd lied, I had a date
Free from my folks' enslavement
Skippin' along the pavement
To see a brunnette, who I'd never met
But I never would forget, how she looked in that dress
How she stuck out her hand and said
"My name is Cecily Smith and I hope you like music
'Cause I've got two tickets for La Traviata"
That's when I said, "I hate opera"
She laughed and said, "Well lucky for you
That you're with Cecily Smith
Who cares what you are listening to
It's who you're listening with"
So we take our seats, her hands are folded in her lap
If not a kiss, then I at least will get a nap
So I close my eyes as…
3. Let me die, let me drown, lay my bones in the ground
I will still come around when the time for sleep is through
Over hill, over dale, through the valley and vale
Do not weep, do not wail, I am coming home to you
Every tomb, every sea, spit the bones from your teeth
Let the ransomed be free as the revel meets the day
Let the valleys awake, let them rattle and shake
In the wind that remakes all that time has worn away
To and fro, I will not follow
Where you go, I will not also
I will look for you as the sun rises higher
When the dry bones dance with…