Land Locked Blues

　　If you walk away I walk away
　　first tell me which road you will take
　　I don't want to risk our paths crossing someday
　　so you walk that way I'll walk this way
　　
　　and the future hangs over our heads
　　and it moves with each current event
　　until it falls all around like a cold steady rain
　　just stay in when it's lookin' this way
　　
　　and the moon's laying low in the sky
　　forcing everything metal to shine
　　and the sidewalk holds diamonds like a jewelry store case
　　they argue "walk this way," "no walk this way"
　　
　　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, come here"
　　
　　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 walk away."
　　(and he shot me dead)
　　
　　I found a liquid cure
　　for my landlocked blues
　　it will pass away
　　like a slow parade
　　it's leaving but I don't know how soon
　　
　　and the world's got me dizzy again
　　you'd think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin
　　and it only feels worse when I stay in one place
　　so I'm always pacing around or walking away
　　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"
　　A good woman will pick you apart
　　a box full of suggestions for your possible heart
　　But you may be offended, and you may be afraid
　　but don't walk away, don't walk away
　　
　　We made love on the living room floor
　　with the noise in the background from a televised war
　　And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say
　　"If we walk away,they’ll walk away"
　　But greed is a bottomless pit
　　And 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 runnin' away
　　'cause we're comin' for ya!
　　
　　I've grown tired of holding this pose
　　I feel more like a stranger each time I come home
　　So I'm making a deal with the devils of fame
　　Sayin' let me walk away, please
　　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
　　till then walk away walk away walk away walk away
　　So I'm up at dawn, putting on my shoes
　　I just want to make a clean escape
　　I'm leaving but I don't know where to
　　I know I'm leaving but I don't know where to