Tom Waits — Black Wings

Well, take an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Just like they say in the Bible Never leave a trace or forget a face Of any man at the table Any man at the table When the moon is a cold chiseled dagger And it's sharp enough to draw blood from a stone He rides through your dreams on a coach and horses And the fence posts in the moonlight look like bones Well, they've stopped trying to hold him With mortar, stone and chain He broke out of every prison Where the boots mount the staircase The door's flung back open He's not there, for he has risen He's not there, for he has risen Some say he once killed a man with a guitar string He's been seen at the table with kings Well, he once saved a baby from drowning There are those that say beneath his coat, there are wings Some say they fear him Some say they fear him, others admire him Because he steals his promise But one look in his eye, everyone denies Ever having met him Ever having met him He can turn himself into a stranger Well, they broke a lot of canes on his hide He was born away in a cornfield A fever beats in his head just like a drum inside Some say they fear him, others admire him Because he steals his promise But one look in his eye, everyone denies Ever having met him Ever having met him Ever having met him Ever having met him Ever having met him Ever having met him