Chris Whitley

Brother runnin' powder money Daddy somewhere on a drunk In the hours after washing I do my dreaming with a gun Find a lesson in the draw There ain't no secrets in the city It's hard living with the law They got machines mama I can't figure They got a

When this is over, over and through I want to meet you in the big sky country Just want to prove mama, love can last Chorus Like hallelujah in the big sky country Just like forever and ever is why Be getting over in the big sky country Be kissing tim

Everything is silent Night upon the rocks I'm over by the roadhouse With them rusted engine blocks A ghost town with a gold mine A pick axe in my head I'm beggin', mama, please move over Kick them stones out of my bed I met my sister Sandra With them

Sixteen years Sixteen banners united over the field Where the good shepherd grieves Desperate men, desperate women divided Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves Fortune calls I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace Merchants an

Map's a crooked tangle of sin Take eternity to unravel The rarified air is thin Unbreathed down in the rabble It's all wrong It's taken so long To build this road That leads down You're not a silver but a tin Fill your bucket up with gravel So well-t