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There's a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright, Oh what a night, this is gonna be-- I think I'll let the world sleep without me. I got one eye open, one eye closed. & My thin body's trembling beneath the bedclothes, My hearts beatin' against the roof of my mouth --It's almost time to get out of this house. I got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel, I got my right foot on the floorboard,-- & I'm preparing to kill or be killed. There's a high wind blowin', & the stars are shining bright. & The rain upon the tarmac, --helps me sail through the traffic lights, I'm heading down to the dock of the bay, --to feel the power of the waves, I'm gonna move up close to that wind, & Wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings. Y'see I'm stuck between hell & the deep blue sea, & I know that water's sucked under better man than me, I was just another western guy, --with desires that couldn't be satisfied, So one day, I asked the angels for inspiration, --but the devil bought me a drink, & He's been buying them ever since, He's had the liquor on my tongue --feel like the sea upon the sand, He's had me signing confessions --from this shaking hand, He's had me struggling to hang onto hope-- Like a drunken sailor in a tugboat With a bottle of vodka in my overcoat, & My dog eared bible lost--overboard Y'see he tricked me into temptation, So I've tricked him into this confrontation, I never said I was the man I appeared to be Not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity. Or the soul on fire--scribbling thoughts for posterity. I'm gonna have little lucifer, runnin' off to purgatory, --with his tail between his legs, I'm gonna teach him a lesson --he ain't ever gonna forget. All the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones But they won't be chewing the meat off my bones. There's a high wind blowin' & the stars are shining bright. Me & him are gonna have a little knife fight, --in the bowels of the big city skyline, Oh this feelin' inside runs dark & deep --Tonight my hearts not thumping --A Mercy Beat I was just another western guy, With desires that couldn't be--satisfied.

Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk Fell head over heels for that hawk's sweet talk She said take me up hawky, take me up in the sky She said take me up hawky, take me up in the sky I'm just a little bitty chicken and I don't know how to fly He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day Up, up, up, up, and away He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue Well the eagle told the hawk, I'm goin' steal that chicken from you Well the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet Well the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet He said cool down chicken, the eagle ain't got us yet He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day Up, up, up, up, and away Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon He said cool down, baby, we're going to be there soon He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day Up, up, up, up, and away

Abraham, here I am, Take your son Isaac to the mountain, Abraham, here I am, Bring the sacrifice asked in Moriah. He had cut enough wood for the sacrifice On the third day Abraham looked up and saw Where Isaac was supposed to die. Speak up and say Where are the offering He listened up and asked for Is it for love or a sacrifice. God Himself will provide The lamb for the burnt offering Then he reached out his hand And took a knife to slay his son, Oh! x2 On the Lord's mountain it will be provided I wear by Myself declared the Lord Through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed And I will surely bless your son. Abraham, here I am, Take your son Isaac in the mountain, Abraham, here I am, Bring the sacrifice asked in Moriah. Then Abraham returned to his servants Then set off together for Beersheba. You've obeyed me You offered me your son And now I swear I will surely bless you. Oh, you have not withheld your son, I will surely bless you. Oh, you have not withheld your son, I swear I will surely, I will surely bless you. X5