the stable song lyrics
Remember when our songs were just like prayersLike gospel hymns that you caught in the air?Come down, come down sweet reverenceUnto my simple house and ringAnd ring
Ring like silver, ring like goldRing out those ghosts on the OhioRing like clear day wedding bellsWere we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell?We’ll never tell
And come to me clear and coldOn some seaWatch the world spin in wavesMad machine
Now I’ve gone crazy, couldn’t you tell?You threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fellNow I’m covered up in straw, belly up on a tableWell, I drank and sang, and passed in the stable (hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm-hmm)
And that tall grass grows high and brownWell, I dragged you straight in the muddy groundAnd you sent me back to where I roamWell, I cursed and I cried, but now I knowOh, now I know
And I ran back to that hollow againThe moon was just a sliver back thenAnd I ached for my heart like some tin manWhen it came, oh, it beat and it boiled and it rangOh, it’s ringing
Ring like crazy, ring like hellTurn me back into that wild-haired galeRing like silver, ring like goldTurn these diamonds straight back into coalTurn these diamonds straight back into coal (hmm-hmm)