There's a knock on my window
Where the candles are burning
And the tables are turning on the edge of a knife
And the room it is now bare
Now sound falls upon me
And the words to say i'm sorry i haven't found yet
And the nights they are long
And the days are ever lonely
But i know the wind will guide me to someplace to where you are
With the weather against me
My feet start a-tremblin'
As i'm walking down this bad luck troubled road
I've been so many places
I've forgot a million faces
But there ain't no replacin' what i lost what was never mine
As i'm walking down the side streets
I see birds flyin' above me
And where they're a-flyin' is where I'm bound to go
I wish to my soul
That my sweet love would find me
She'd hold me in her thin arms once again
Though the road might be rocky
Ain't no one gonna stop me
As i'm walkin' down this bad luck troubled road
I see widows in the station
They sing while they pace and
They cover up their faces with scarves made out of stone
And the old man who works the quarry
Stands alone in the corner
He's tellin' me stories of some friends he used to know
While i'm perched like a clown
On an ivory tower
And i'm trying to remember
Something i don't know
And st. thomas strikes poses on beds of dead roses
That adorn the sides of my bad luck troubled road
So as snow falls around me i grow ever weary
But the worst it is behind me
And my time it isn't long
So with my arms forever open
My heart forever hopin'
I'll hold you sweet lady when the sun is not but ash
Cause without you my love
I've no home at all
And i'm cursed to walk this bad luck troubled road
(yee-hoo)