Tough Mama

<br>Tough mama<br><br>Meat shakin on your bones<br><br>Im gonna go down to the river and get some stones.<br><br>Sisters on the highway with that steel-drivin crew,<br><br>Papas in the big house, his workin days are through.<br><br>Tough mama<br><br>Can I blow a little smoke on you? <br><br><br><br>Dark beauty<br><br>Wont you move it on over and make some room? <br><br>Its my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.<br><br>Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,<br><br>You came through it all the way, flyin through the skies.<br><br>Dark beauty<br><br>With that long nights journey in your eyes.<br><br><br><br>Sweet goddess<br><br>Born of a blinding light and a changing wind,<br><br>Now, dont be modest, you know who you are and where youve been.<br><br>Jack the cowboy went up north<br><br>Hes buried in your past.<br><br>The lone wolf went out drinking<br><br>That was over pretty fast.<br><br>Sweet goddess<br><br>Your perfect strangers comin in at last.<br><br><br><br>Silver angel<br><br>With the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,<br><br>Id be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.<br><br>Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch,<br><br>I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch.<br><br>Sweet goddess<br><br>It must be time to carve another notch.<br><br><br><br>Im crestfallen<br><br>The world of illusion is at my door,<br><br>I aint a-haulin any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.<br><br>The prison walls are crumblin, there is no end in sight,<br><br>Ive gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.<br><br>Dark beauty<br><br>Meet me at the border late tonight.