Lady of the ark I think I found a part

I think I found a piece of what you used to be

Dozing in the back of a funeral car

And tangled in the blankets of your memories

Oh why, why did I waste you

If I'd have felt that love come the fall

I couldn't save you

Plunging to the earth the sweetest cannonball

Oh why, why did I know you

How did I know you would go in the end

The light of the sky you told me

"Baby I'll be gone but when I'm back again we'll try"

Try

Try

Try

Lady of the ark I think you were the start

I think you were the key with which his heart was closed

Not his only secret, not his only weakness

I found him at the party feeling through her clothes

And he cried, cried, "I'm wasted"

And he could look you straight in the mouth

But all that time he'd take it

Even though he didn't watch the words come out

Oh why, why did you leave me

Why did you think it would rip me apart

When we were always bleeding

In with spirit when the soul departs the mind

Mind

Mind

Mind

And I can see your face now

Tripping sick with your ear to the wall

You can find the way down my lady

My lady

Til' you fall

So fall

Fall

Well strange part of the woman

She can't see it coming

Bats her eyes at everybody one by one

And though she's moving faster still he's blowing past her

Naked with his eye toward the morning sun

But you're wild

Wild I've seen it

And he left you sick when you loved him the most

So now you're done, defeated

Torn between the devil and the holy ghost

Swing low, low sweet heathen

Swing for the wretch and the rock and roll kid

Roam this earth repeat it

All this sin until this wicked world makes sense

In time

Time

Time

Time