Long Shadow

Well, I'll tell you one thing that I know

You don't face your demons down

You gotta grapple 'em, Jack

And pin 'em to the ground

The Devil may care

Maybe God, He won't

You better make sure

You check on the do's and don'ts

Crawl up the mountain

To reach where the eagles fly

Sure you can glimpse from the mountaintop

Where the soul of the muse might rise

And if you put it all together

You won't have to look around

You know you cast

A long shadow on the ground

Then one day, I could tell my tracks

By the holes in the soles of my shoes

And thats the say I said

"I'm gonna make the news"

And fallin' back in the garden

Of days so long ago

Somewhere in the memory

The sun shines on you, boy

And playing in the Arroyos

Where the American rivers flow

From the Appalachians

Down to the Delta Roads

A man can't think so long

His brain could well explode

There's trains running through the junctions

A king comes down the road

And if you put it all together

You won't have to look around

You know you cast

A long shadow on the ground

Listen to the country, the night jar and the bell

Listen to the night streamliner

Soundin' like the wolves of hell

Head for the water, the water of the cleansing spell

It was always our destination

On the express of the ne'er-do-wells

And we rock through Madison City

And we didn't even know she was there

And when we hit the boppers in Memphis

Beale Street didn't have no prayer

And I hear punks talk of anarchy

I hear hobos on the railroads

I hear mutterings on the chain gangs

It was those men who built the roads

And if you put it all together

You didn't even once relent

You cast a long shadow

And that is your testament

Somewhere in the my soul

There's always rock and roll, yeah