Tough mama
  Meat shaking on your bones
  I'm gonna go down to the river and get some stones
  Sister's on the highway with that steel drivin' crew
  Papa's in the big house, his working days are through
  Tough mama
  Can I blow a little smoke on you.
    Dark beauty
  Won't you move it on over and make somme room ?
  It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom
  Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise
  You came through it all the way flying through the skies
  Dark beauty
  With that long night's journey in you eyes.
    Sweet Goddess
  Born of a blinding light and a changing wind
  Now don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been
  Jack, the cowboy, went up north, he's buried in your past
  The lone wolf went out drinking, that was over pretty fast
  Sweet Goddess
  Your perfect stranger's coming in at last.
    Silver angel
  With the badge of the lonesome road written on your sleeve
  I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive
  Today on the countryside it was a hotter than a crotch
  I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch
  Sweet Goddess
  It must be time to carve another notch.
    I'm crestfallen
  The world of illusion is at my door
  I ain't a-haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore
  The prison walls are crumbling, there is no end in sight
  I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite
  Sweet beauty
  Meet me at the border late tonight.