Mexico City (feat. M. Ward)

Jack and Edie, laying across my bed

Flying high, like the spirits of the dead

The living and the dead

Our Lady of Sorrows in the long, dark night

How many candles could I light for

The living and the dead

What's that black smoke rising, Jack? Is the world on fire?

What's that distant singing? Is it a heavenly choir of

The living and the dead?

I think about you, Jack, watching the TV

And drinking booze--Shame on you--Shame on me

But how could we help it? There was nowhere else to go

I took Julie and Billy out on that long dark road

On that long dark road

I'm just back from Mexico City

I came back North to Texas to rest my weary head

My true love is fresh from the battlefield

Sewing up the dying and carting off the dead

My baby don't stand no fighting amongst the living or the dead

What's that black smoke rising, Jack? Is the world on fire?

What's that distant singing? Is it a heavenly choir of

The living and the dead?