I came in like a jackdaw On the drift of an outlaw I heard there's a warrant out for my arrest Among the cute little puritans The ghosts and the hooligans All tying nooses I'm willing to bet But I'm older now and braver The wise imitator You don't know yet but you're gonna Take me home I've got the epilogue notes In the folds of my coat A new deck of cards and the threads of your dream Between the merry-go-round And the soldiers of sound I am here holding my own Hallowe'en ‘Cause I'm older now and braver The wise imitator You don't know yet but you're gonna Take me home I said, I'm older now and braver The wise imitator You don't know yet but you're gonna Take me home And I'm where the smoke folds on the corner Where the light is arching its back (take me home) I'm where the oil it is meeting the water And the train's screeching down the track (take me home)