Dallas Green - INRihab lyrics

[Verse 1: Keith Buckley] I tied the devil to the tracks (can you hear the train coming?) I served him papers with a seal from the governor The spoiler throwing voices, the vapors that they built this city on But he don't write much for me anymore [Verse 2: Keith Buckley/ Dallas Green] When we keep hell in our hearts We make no excuse for our genius So what's my excuse now that hell has abandoned me? I enticed the devil out with a bottle But maybe it was he who lured me out instead When we slept in penitent beds We awoke in the loving arms of attrition So what's my excuse that hell isn't courting me? [Chorus] (Keith Buckley) Give me the strength to be widowed now that the honeymoon's over Grant me the privileges saved for the sailors Condemned with you all Goddamn you all [ Bridge: Dallas Green/ Keith Buckley) I marched across the muddied stream Illuminated from beneath The lock was picked with the church's key we found on the belt of the veteran To open bar tabs in the taverns a**embled in levels by the damned and fanatic for me We never loved ourselves so well as when we lusted after another We hummed along to electric guitars and the standard "whoa oh oh oh's" And we drank each other under the covers ( Verse 3: Keith Buckley/ Dallas Green) I eased the devil back with the throttle Because I'd rather live my life in regret than not take part in it If the devil don't mind, well its alright with me So what do I do when the devil don't notice me? [Chorus] [Spoken] And in my 27th year, I was dragged kicking and screaming into the light I looked at god in the face and I said, I said god I said, "I thought I was in heaven the whole time" [Outro] I tied the devil to the tracks (can you hear the train coming?) And I tied the tracks in a lover's knot around the finger of a beautiful girl I'll keep hell if hell will have me