Last Promenade

Dangle by a single wire, one more time around

Devil dances with Desire, promenade me down

Shame my name, I drank and sang

I kicked my heels up high

In the morning I'd awake

Where I had laid my head at night

Dangle by a single wire, streets are full in town

Come the ladies and the liars, promenade me down

Now there has always been a railroad running underneath

I have heard it in these fields

And I have seen it in my dreams

Dangle by a single wire, all is quiet now

So dark the night and cold the hour, promenade me down

Meet me in the field

A trail of blood upon the leaves

There are two moons out tonight

And all the stars are thick as thieves

Now one minute I was sleeping

And the next I was awake

And I was uninvited

But a guest at midnight made

Dangle by a single wire, ears to hear the sound

Serenade a house on fire, promenade me down

Oh the rabbits in their best furs

And the foxes in long tails

A table set for feasting to a hounds' bloodthirsty wale

And when they came a-running

Everything we'd left behind

Was shattered plates and ashes

And bones for dogs to find

And the train whistle screaming

And the ground, she did quake

And we never had no ticket on the last Promenade