Knievel

(album: Between Dog And Wolf - 2013)

I was driving from the day I was born
I can picture it now and how I feel
Standing on my grandfather's knee
Holding on to the steering wheel
Out on to the desert roads
And all the years of in-between
I was always going too fast
One part blood and one of gasoline
Do they come to see a man fall or to see him fly?
Do they come to see a man fall or to see him fly?
The neon chrome in the dazzling sun
The money I've lost and the money I've won
All of it here, then all of it gone

If I tell you that the world is hard
All bleached out bone crushed to sand
I'll tell you that I kept my word
And more than that I never gave a damn
There are those that come with an easy smile
Maybe that is what they're for
I was gone twenty-nine days
You only get from me what you pay me for
Do they come to see a man fall or to see him fly?
Do they come to see a man fall or to see him fly?
So did you come to see a man fall or to see him fly?
The river is deep, the valley is wide
There's something waiting on the other side
Crash the gates of heaven wide
I'll take it now and have a crack at the angels