Lucinda / Ain't Goin Down To The Well - Birmingham - 07/03/08

Lyrics for Lucinda / Ain't Goin Down To The Well - Birmingham - 07/03/08

Well they call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks, and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I'll be dead. Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I'll never see heaven or home I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars I was like a kid who captures a firefly And leaves it only to die... Now as I kick at the clouds at my hanging As I swing out over the crowd I will search every face for Lucinda's And she will go off with me down to hell The devil dances inside empty pockets Oh but she never wanted money or pearls No that wasn't enough for Lucinda She wasn't that kind of girl Well I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda The rain returned and so did the wind I cast this burden on the god that is within me And I'll leave this old world. They call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks, and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I'll be dead