Take Me Away
(专辑: Transnormal Skiperoo - 2007)
That's how they found him He was howling at the
moon He's sitting right there on the
railway tracks And the
train was coming There was a
string of wild flowers Draped around his collar And when he saw the
men were coming for him Well, he began to holler He cried, "Take me away, take me away" But the
men could not be sure If he was talking to them or talking to the
oncoming train Now his mama she watched religion on the
TV Each day from dawn to dusk And at night when she'd hear him howling Well, she'd cried to Jesus For years she begged the
Sweet Redeemer To heal her crazy son Until finally she just gave up on miracles And called the
men to come She told them, "Take him away, take my son away 'Cause after 20 long years I've simply run out prayers to pray" But as he stood to fight the
men From the
other side of the
railway bed He thought he heard the
calling voice Of an old friend he thought long dead But when he turned away from the
men He found it was a
stranger calling him And as if he knew that man He smiled and raised his hand As he stepped into the
golden sun Of the
headlight of the
oncoming train And as he did he locked eyes with that stranger He cried out one last time He cried, "Take me away, please, take me away" And to this day in this little town Not a
soul knows what he was trying to say All them years of shouting take me away No, no one knows what he was trying to say Or who that stranger was