In this dusty little railroad town
Smack in the heart of the Bible belt
Where nothing ever changes
While nothing remains the same
When first I saw the raven
Lean against the wind
I said who's the girl
With the tattoo on her skin
I followed her home
She lives down by the water
My friend teddy told me
She's the frenchman's daughter

On this day of reckoning
I'm riding shotgun with you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above

Chorus:
I'm burnin for you
Burnin for you
We were first time lovers
In a secret rendezvous
Burnin, burnin
Burnin for you

When I come knocking on her front door
The neighbour said she don't live there no more

Well she moved from the country
Down to the city
Where the scene was dark
And the street was gritty
In the hustle and bustle and all the commotion
She got addicted to the locomotion

On this day of reckoning
By the old wooden bridge
I wait for you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above

Chorus

I remember the smell of the burning leaves
And we were making love
She was like a young georgia o'keefe
From another time
In an old abandoned railroad shack
On should never go
Where anything can happen
When the zephyr blows

On this day of reckoning
I'm calling to you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above

Chorus

The phone rings she said
I can't tell you where I'm calling from
Cause my papa's on the lam
For something shady that he's done

There hangs a tale of love

For the first time
For the first time

• Ain't No More Cane
• Akua Tuta
• American Roulette
• Ancestor Song
• Apple Suckling Tree
• Back to Memphis
• Beautiful Thing
• Between Trains
• Blaze of Glory
• Blue River
• Brainwash
• Breakin The Rules
• Broken Arrow
• Carry Me
• Change is Good
• Cherokee Morning Song
• Clothes Line Saga
• Crash on The Levee[Down in The Flood]
• Davy's on The Road Again
• Day of Reckoning
• Don't Ya Tell Henry
• Driftin' Away
• Evangeline
• Fallen Angel
• Forever Young
• Ghost Dance
• Gimme a Stone
• Go Back to Your Woods
• Goin' to Acapulco
• Golden Feather
• Hang up My Rock'n Roll Shoes
• Havana Moon
• He Don't Love You
• Hell's Half Acre
• Hold Back The Dawn
• In The Blood
• It is a Good Day to Die
• Java Blues
• Leave Me Alone
• Lo & Behold
• Mahk Jchi
• Making a Noise
• Million Dollar Bash
• New Mexicoe
• Night Parade
• Nothing Was Delivered
• Odds & Ends
• Once Upon a Time
• One Too Many Mornings
• Open The Door, Homer
• Out of The Blue
• Rain Down Tears
• Rattlebone
• Resurrection
• Rick
• Ruben Remus
• Sacrifice
• Shake It
• Shake This Town
• Showdown at Big Sky
• Sign of The Rainbow
• Sip The Wine
• Skinwalker
• Small Town Talk
• Soap Box Preacher
• Somewhere Down The Crazy River
• Sonny Got Caught in The Moonlight
• Stomp Dance
• Sweet Fire of Love
• Sweet Romance
• Take Your Partner by The Hand
• Testimony
• That's My Home
• The Code of Handsome Lake
• The Last Waltz
• The Last Waltz Refrain
• The Lights
• The Sound is Fading
• The Stones I Throw
• The Well
• Tiny Montgomery
• Tired of Waiting
• Tombstone
• Too Much of Nothing
• Tough Mama
• Twisted Hair
• Unbound
• What a Town
• What About Now
• Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood
• Yea! Heavy & a Bottle of Bread
• You Ain't Goin' Nowhere