Isis

[Verse 1] I married Isis on the fifth day of May But I could not hold on to her very long So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong [Verse 2] I came to a high place of darkness and light Dividing line ran through the center of town I hitched up my pony to a post on the right Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down [Verse 3] A man in the corner approached me for a match I knew right away, he was not ordinary He said “Are you looking for something easy to catch?” Said “I got no money.” He said “That ain't necessary” [Verse 4] We set out that night for the cold in the North I gave him my blanket, and he gave me his word I said “Where are we going?” He said we’d be back by the fourth I said “That’s the best news that I’ve ever heard” [Verse 5] I was thinking about turquoise, I was thinking about gold I was thinking about diamonds and the world’s biggest necklace As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold I was thinking about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless [Verse 6] How she told me that one day we would meet up again And things would be different, the next time we wed If I only could hang on and just be her friend I still can’t remember all the best things she said [Verse 7] We came to the pyramids, all embedded in ice He said “There’s a body I’m trying to find If I carry it out it’ll bring a good price” 'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind [Verse 8] The wind it was a-howlin and the snow was outrageous We chopped through the night, and we chopped through the dawn When he died I was hopin that it wasn’t contagious But I made up my mind that I had to go on [Verse 9] I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty There was no jewels, no nothing; I felt I’d been had When I saw that my partner was just being friendly When I took up his offer I musta been mad [Verse 10] I picked up his body and I dragged him inside Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover I said a quick prayer then I felt satisfied Then I rode back to find Isis, just to tell her I love her [Verse 11] She was there in the meadow, where the creek used to rise Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed I came in from the East, with the sun in my eyes I cursed her one time, then I rode on ahead [Verse 12] She said “Where you been?” I said “No place special” She said “You look different.” I said “Well.. I guess” She said “You been gone.” I said “That’s only natural” She said “You going to stay?” I said “If you want me to, yes” [Verse 13] Isis, oh, Isis, you mystical child What drives me to you is what drives me insane I still can remember the way that you smiled On the fifth day of May in the drizzling rain