Long Shadow

Well I'll tell you one thing that I know

You don't face your demons down

You got to grap them, Jack

Bend them to the ground

The devil may care - And maybe God he won't

You better make sure you check on the do's and the don'ts

Crawl up the mountain reach where the eagles fly

Sure you can glimpse from the mountain top

Where the soul of the muse might rise

And if you put it all together

You won't have to look around

You know you cast a long shadow on the ground

Then one day I could tell my tracks

About the holes of the soles of my shoes

And that's the day I said

I gonna make the news

And falling back in the garden

Of days so long ago

Somewhere in the memory

The sun shines on you, boy

Playing in the Arroyos

Where the american rivers flow

From the Appalachians

Down to the delta roads

A man can think so long

His brains could well explode

There's trains runnin' thru junctions

King Kongs down the road

And if you put it all together

You won't have to look around

You know you cast a long shadow on the ground

Listen to the country - the night jar and the bell

Listen to the night streamliner

Sounding like the wolves of Hell

Head for the water - The water of the cleansing spell

It was always our destination

On the express of the never do wells

And we rock thru Madison City

Man, we didn't even know she was there

And when we hit the buffees in Memphis

Beale Street didn't have no prayers

And I hear punks talk of anarchy

I hear hobos on the railroad

I hear mutterings on the chain-gangs

It was those men who built the roads

And if you put it all together

You didn't even once relent

You cast a long shadow

And that is your testament

Somewhere in my soul

There's always Rock and Roll

Yeah