Passion Play

She came from Dakota Though some say she hailed from the South He tried to believe but each time she would leave With the venom that dripped from her mouth Like some angel of old Bent on saving the soul Drugged to the knees he would pray To some rude Russian icon That twined like a python And blinded the sun, night, and day He'd say Please bring me peace You say you'll stay Just to leave me whole All of my soul your passion play Though she lies to amuse She lies to confuse Passion with vision and pain He lies for possession and time Though there's no time to gain Squandering feeling Constantly stealing away From the sound of her name Is like thunder and lightning Hiding the sound of the rain And he'd say [Chorus:] So he searches for truth In the beauty that once was her name Senselessly trusting in time to remind her Blind, she came Suddenly rootless Fashionably useless Magically fruitless and time Like some Sunday scholar Who lives off the squalor Of yesterday's knowledge and fame And he'd say [Chorus:] Well some overdose And some wrap like a rose 'Round the slick perfumed nose Of high noon Burning their lips As they stoop low to kiss Some rich man's excuse for the moon I must have been lucky -- Got out with my body intact And tomorrow in tune But it's this sense of time That wraps like a vine 'Round the neck of the sun and the moon [Chorus:]