I'll go whichever way the winds blow, It's hard to swim against the tide, The willow bends in a tornado, The oak will shatter as it dies. Save me, and give me the peace to surrender at last. When I'm gone do this thing for me, For this is my final day, you know I would not joke, So bury me in willow, not in oak. Give me no standard, no eulogy, No red, white and blue, no sceptre and no cloak, Just bury me in willow, not in oak. A life of conflict was unending, Collision, damage, disarray. So blind, intolerant, unbending, Just let me die a different way. Free me, and give me the peace to surrender at last. When I'm gone, do this thing for me, For this is my final day, and you know I would not joke, So bury me in willow, not in oak. Give me no standard, no eulogy, No red, white and blue, no sceptre and no cloak, Just bury me in willow, not in oak. When I'm gone do this thing for me, For this is my final day, you know I would not joke, So bury me in willow, not in oak. Give me no standard, no eulogy, No red, white and blue, no sceptre and no cloak, Just bury me in willow, not in oak. Free me, 'n' give me the beautiful silence at last.

When morning breaks We hide our eyes and our lungs aching Nothing strange It was in our hands from six to ten It slipped right out again There'll be no better time There'll be no better way There'll be no better day to save me Save me Yeah, save me Yeah, save me I hope you see like I see, oh, oh I hope you see what I see, yeah, yeah I hope you feel like I feel, yeah And the world don't stop There is no time for cracking up Believe me friend 'Cause when freedom comes I'll be long gone You know it has to end There'll be no better time There'll be no better way There'll be no better day to save me Yeah, save me Yeah, save me Yeah, save me I hope you see like I see, yeah, yeah I hope you feel what I feel, yeah, yeah Someone to stand beside me Beside me Beside me, now is not the time to cry Beside me Beside me Whether you see or whether you don't, beside me Whether you feel or whether you won't, beside me Whether you see or whether you don't, beside me Whether you feel or whether you won't, beside me Whether you see or whether you won't, beside me Whether you feel beside me I hope you see like I see beside me I hope you feel what I feel beside me I hope you see like I see beside me I hope you feel what I feel beside me Weeping willow The pills under my pillow Weeping willow The pills under my pillow Weeping willow The gun under your pillow Weeping willow Weeping willow I got to learn to leave the pain Walk through the door and kiss the rain beside me, beside me I got to learn to leave the pain Walk through the door and kiss the rain beside me, beside me

Once again I've cried unto the moon That burning flame That has guided me through all these years The lake from which you flow With eyes of fire Once unlit but now alive This energy, sparkling like a morning star The morning star Riding the fires of the northern gold I've searched the eye I laugh under the weeping moon I am the watcher in the skies Nor the emeralds know my mark Glisten to mark their presence Set the enigma ablaze Searching Finding Burn the winter landmarks That said I was there Burn the spirit of cold That travel through my soul

Welcome to the city face A pretty haze upon the face Whatever you see it's all up to thee Whatever you see it's all up to thee Million years of evolution Rides the tide to devolution Can't you feel the energy? No, no, no what do you mean? All the negativity? What do you mean? What do you mean? Don't trust anybody Don't trust anybody! Now all I see are guises of ghosts In the street vermin elite The minions will sleep (Neon Lights) The smoke screens they whisper (Neon Lights) Suppressing the weak (Neon Lights Shine) These city lights are conjuring fear As shadowed soon disappear I'm in the crowd of puppets again I see the eyes beneath the reign They're creeping through the alleyway They multiply surrounding my face Million years of evolution Rides the tide to devolution Don't trust anybody Don't trust anybody! Now all I see are guises of ghosts In the street vermin elite The minions will sleep (Neon Lights) The smoke screens they whisper (Neon Lights) Suppressing the weak (Neon Lights Shine) Celebration of Disgrace Under fear they reign Celebration of Disgrace Under fear they reign You don't aspire for solitude now do you? Your hearts can heal and fly up high again What is it to be? They say Materilust can speak Where be? Under a weeping moon Battle beneath the sleep on to Battles of endless greed Too true why can you not see? And eventually they will become Cold and empty beings, why so? The puppeteers control Battle beneath the sleep, I see you! Battles of endless greed Under a weeping moon Now all I see (At last I can see) Are guises of ghosts (Guises of ghosts) In the street vermin elite, Elite, Reign!! The minions will sleep (Neon Lights) The smoke screens they whisper (Neon Lights) Suppressing the weak (Neon Lights Shine) I see you, I see you Under the weeping moon I see you Under the weeping moon I see you, I see you, I see you Under the weeping moon I see you, I see you, I see you Under the weeping moon

How can the weeping willow Describes your imagery? I've seen it fading yellow An eager son within Just see the colors bleeding It's a beautiful sight to see And when your vision's lazy So do the paintings see

To her mama and her daddy She's the best thing ever made To the boys round here She's the one that got away To the bird on the barbwire That girl looks like spring To a guy like me She looks like everything That girl can take a gray sky and paint it blue She can put the smooth in the 90 proof She can hang the moon in a sundress Even put a sinner on a front pew She can make shining diamond Out of West Virginia coal She can put a smile on a weeping willow There's something in the way that girl moves It's like a spotlight follows her through a crowded room She showed up like rain on a desert rose And where I'd be without her God only knows That girl can take a gray sky and paint it blue She can put the smooth in the 90 proof She can hang the moon in a sundress Even put a sinner on a front pew She can make shining diamond Out of West Virginia coal She can put a smile on a weeping willow That girl can take a gray sky and paint it blue She can put the smooth in the 90 proof She can hang the moon in a sundress Even put a sinner on a front pew She can make shining diamond Out of West Virginia coal She can put a smile on a weeping willow She can put a smile on a weeping willow A weeping willow

Single girl, single girl She's going dressed so fine Oh, she's going dressed so fine Married girl, married girl She wears just any kind Oh, she wears just any kind Single girl, single girl She goes to store & buys Oh, she goes to store & buys Married girl, married girl She rocks the cradle & cries Oh, she rocks the cradle & cries Single girl, single girl She's going just where she please Oh, she's going where she please Married girl, married girl Baby on her knees Oh, baby on her knees

Hello, stranger, put your loving hand in mine Hello, stranger, put your loving hand in mine You are a stranger and you're a pal of mine Get up, rounder, let a working man lay down Get up, rounder, let a working man lay down You are a rounder, but you're all out and down Every time I ride the 6th and 4th streetcar Every time I ride the 6th and 4th streetcar I can see my baby peeping through the bars She bowed her head, she waved both hands at me She bowed her head, she waved both hands at me I'm prison bound, I'm longing to be free Oh, I'll see you when your troubles are like mine Oh, I'll see you when your troubles are like mine Oh, I'll see you when you haven't got a dime Weeping like a willow, mourning like a dove Weeping like a willow, mourning like a dove There's a girl up the country that I really love Hello, stranger, put your loving hand in mine Hello, stranger, put your loving hand in mine You are a stranger and you're a pal of mine