I can hear the turning of the key I've been deceived by the clown inside of me I thought that he was righteous but he's vain Oh something's a-telling me I wear the ball and chain
My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost He's always off somewhere when I need him most The Spanish moon is rising on the hill But my heart is a-telling me I love ya still
I come back to the town from the flaming ruins And you look through loving eyes But I will never know what there is between us Was it death or was it paradise
So you're still handing me down your cast-off blues You old long-lost trail of tears and tattoos I cannot tell my fortune cannot find Cause I'm standing in the ruins of another time
I can hear the thunder and I see the rain And there's a sweet young woman at my windowpane Though every bone in my body's telling me to run and hide I'm going to ask if it's all right
To stay inside To stay inside To stay inside