Bedlam

I headed down to Texas

With just a hundred dollars cash

Things looked bright near the border

I should have known they wouldn’t last

I climbed those walls like I said I would

I swear I did

Now I’m counting these empty promises

That I won’t soon forget

So I re-read your letter

The final one you sent

You said the war of thine own self

I should have known just what you meant

Two black riders across the field

Were approaching slow

But I was caught in a delta night

With nowhere to go

‘Cause I found my way to bedlam

And it seemed somewhat intact

I found my way to bedlam

But I just can’t seem to find my way back

Maybe I’ve forgotten

How this whole thing began

Evening fell like curtains

As a stranger took my hand

I was on the trail of something

I could have never known

Each step it took me further still

How directionless I’ve grown

And the lights went down

On this border town near Durango

Along the way I picked up every seed

I could strangle

On the reservation there

I dreamt of you

But hardening your heart was the only thing I knew

‘Cause I found my way to bedlam

And it seemed somewhat intact

I found my way to bedlam

But I just can’t seem to find my way

Through these fields of longing

At the end of this dusty track

I found my way to Bedlam

But I just can’t seem to find my way back

Bedlam

From the desert to the river

From the scripture to the street

All the things I couldn’t deliver

As lovely and perpetual retreat

These highways seem like ganglands

And these horses seem like tombs

I swear I can remember every dance you did

Walking naked cross the room

While I misjudged alive with gloom (?)

I looked at these curtains in your room

Playing tricks with the moon

I’ve lost it

I’ve forgotten how I got here

How the whole thing has transpired

Just a string of disappointments

And frustration caught on fire

I wonder where this thing will lead

Or if it will turn

Or will this fire keep on raging

‘Til there’s nothing left to burn

‘Cause I found my way to bedlam

And it seemed somewhat intact

I found my way to bedlam

But I just can’t seem to find my way

Through these fields of longing

At the end of this dusty track

I found my way to Bedlam

But I just can’t seem to find my way back

Find my way back

Bedlam

Bedlam

Yeah I found my way to Bedlam

Gotta find my way back

Bedlam

Bedlam

Bedlam