Music
The Junkies and Exiles Year: 2007 | Run Time: 5:26
Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI)
no longer strong the sap it all slows down
when you don your late autumn smile
phantoms die on rooftops of mexico city
i remember the junkies and exiles
and they die in the hush of sun-drenched cathedrals
and they die in the barbed wire of their failures and upheavals
and they die at the gateposts of their children's tongues
on those sweat sheeted beds disowned
a prayer to gentle Jesus tequila at the bar
so you'll remember to forget who you really are
old bull with his needles checking out in style
i remember the junkies and exiles
you burned every bridge and stole more than a kiss
broke a heart along the way to say all of this
to stand on a soapbox pretend it was a throne
till that old soapbox became your home
you learned to pray alone with the tears of a child
'cause God well He might show His face with the late august smile
too many highways too many kicks
for something like that but nothing like this
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- BillTunes November 2007 (2007)