A young boy named Billy Joe, restless on the farm
A boy filled with wanderlust, who never really meant no harm
He changed his clothes and he shined his boots
And he combed his dark hair down
But his mama cried as he walked out:
‘Don’t take your guns to town
Don’t take your guns to town
Don’t take your guns… to town’
He laughed and kissed his mom and said ‘Your Billy Joe he’s the man
I can shoot as quick, I can shoot as straight, as anybody,can
But I wouldn’t shoot, without a cause, or gun nobody down’
But she cried again as he rode away:
‘Don’t take your guns to town
Son, leave your guns at home
Don’t take your guns to town’
Well he drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hands
And he tried, he tried to tell himself at last he had become a man
But a dusty cowpoke stood at his side, began to laugh him down
And he heard again his mother’s words:
‘Don’t take your guns to town
Son, leave your guns at home
Don’t take your guns…’
Don’t take your guns….
Don’t take your guns to town
Don’t take your guns….
Don’t take your guns to tow
Filled with rage then Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired before he even saw
As Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered around
And wondered at his final words:
‘Don’t take your guns to town
Son, leave your guns at home
Don’t take your guns to town’
How can't you see this is the end?
Let's face the truth, it's obvious
A different morning, the same charade
Tell me, what's left?
It's an illusion
It's all an illusion
Prep the surface, bound my limbs
Place the chair beneath the rail
On the outside just skin and bones
Show me, what's left?
It's an illusion
It's all an illusion
So I'm leaving you tonight
It's not fun here anymore
I'll be joining the parade
Of the ghosts who came before
Before leaving you complete, no surprise
With one kiss, one caress, ooh
Ooh, the world we shared
Ooh, it was never there, ooh
I'm leaving you tonight
It's not fun here anymore
I'm joining the parade
Of the ghosts before
Leaving you complete for all time
With one kiss, one caress, ooh
Look harder, say it's done
Black days and a dying sun
Dream a dream of god lit air
Just for a minute you'll find me there
So look harder and you'll find
The forty ways it leaves us blind
I need a better place
To burn beside the lights
Come on and let me try
Are you lost in the world like me?
If the systems have failed?
Are you free?
All the things, all the loss
Can you see?
Are you lost in the world like me?
Like me?
Burn a courtyard, say it's done
Throwing knives at a dying sun
A source of love in the god lit air
Just for a minute, I'll find you there
Look harder and you'll find
The 40 ways it leaves us blind
I need a better way
To burn beside the lights
Come on and let me try
Are you lost in the world like me?
If the systems have failed?
Are you free?
All the things, all the loss
Can you see?
Are you lost in the world like me?
Like me?
Are you lost in the world like me?
If the systems have failed?
Are you free?
All the things, all the loss
Can you see?
Are you lost in the world like me?
Like me?
Like me?
(If the systems have failed)
(If the systems have failed)
(If the systems have failed)
(If the systems have failed)
(If the systems have failed)
