Tongue tied, said my prayers
Tongue tied, said my prayers
20 years or more
20 years or more
Seems like yesterday
Seems like yesterday

Hung your secrets from
Hung your secrets from
The judas tree
The judas tree
Watched 'em blow down
Watched 'em blow down
To the valley floor
To the valley floor
Blowin' home, watched
Blowin' home, watched
'em blow away
'em blow away

And what I fear is what we all fear
And what I fear is what we all fear
A fortune lost, a fortune gained
A fortune lost, a fortune gained
Cursed by the power of the
Cursed by the power of the
Blue head flame
Blue head flame

Got so drunk, I took things back
Got so drunk, I took things back
Things I never said
Things I never said
Things I never stole from anyone
Things I never stole from anyone

Dug in the clay, red on my hands
Dug in the clay, red on my hands
Guilty to the elbows,
Guilty to the elbows,
Never mind my hands
Never mind my hands
Kept my nose clean,
Kept my nose clean,
Kept it that way for you
Kept it that way for you

Now what I fear, is what we all fear
Now what I fear, is what we all fear
A fortune lost, a fortune gained
A fortune lost, a fortune gained
Cursed by the power of the
Cursed by the power of the
Blue head flame
Blue head flame

Watched the freights from
Watched the freights from
The railroad tie
The railroad tie
Spun a rusty nail, and I closed
Spun a rusty nail, and I closed
Both eyes
Both eyes
As I told my tale, as the
As I told my tale, as the
Freights went by
Freights went by

Straw of pity on the
Straw of pity on the
Courthouse stairs
Courthouse stairs
Wait till doomsday, you said
Wait till doomsday, you said
Wait for years
Wait for years
I couldn't wait that long,
I couldn't wait that long,
I shoulda' killed for less
I shoulda' killed for less

Now what I fear, is what we all fear
Now what I fear, is what we all fear
A fortune lost, a fortune gained
A fortune lost, a fortune gained
Cursed by the power of the
Cursed by the power of the
Blue head flame
Blue head flame

Ya what I fear, is what we all fear
Ya what I fear, is what we all fear
Humble origins all betrayed
Humble origins all betrayed
Lost to the power, we were
Lost to the power, we were
Lost to the flame
Lost to the flame

Tongue tied, said my prayers
Tongue tied, said my prayers
20 years or more
20 years or more
Seems like yesterday
Seems like yesterday

Got so drunk, I took things back
Got so drunk, I took things back
Things I never stole, things
Things I never stole, things
I never said to anyone
I never said to anyone
I should'a killed for less
I should'a killed for less

• All for This
• Blue Head Flame
• Christmas Valley
• Cold Eye
• Fairground Blues
• Forgiveness Song
• Rebecca Wild
• The Leaving Kind
• The Light Will Stay On
• The Stopping-off Place
• When Fortune Smiles