Uncle John's horse
rode upon the sun everyday
it couldn't keep him away
the sun was his home, it's where he liked
to spend his time, in the light
in the light

i cannot relate
the light keeps me away
the bargains I drive
never turn out right
is it my fault?
or is it not?

oh the mariachi band
was searching for something they couldn't find
it was behind them all their life
they searched for days and weeks and years
they kept on chasing
they kept outpacing

what does it mean to you?
nothing, I think, and it's not true
nothing I say is real
but surely you can feel
what I'm getting at
what am I getting at?

tell us some stories
we hope they come true, but most of the time they don't
that's alright, they don't have to come true
life is full of loose ends that never get tied up
and it's not your fault if they don't get tied up sometimes
not everything is on you

give yourself some time
try to find out what's life
the desert is full of sailors
who will gladly sail with you, too
if you ask them to
why don't you ask them to?

channel it from somewhere beyond yourself
don't hold yourself back, let yourself loose
on the world
there's a string that's holding you to what you used to me
and where you want to go is totally up to you
totally up to you

devil may cry
it's coming down the line
don't question just anything
question everything
it's the only logical thing to do
so do it

i wonder what father john misty's dog
would say if he had anything to say at all
except that mans ego is so large
he has a nice beard, i bet he uses balm
and i am not that strong
i couldn't stand on the stage and preach like him

he has a vision
like all good writers he sees the world
from a different point of view
a different point of view than me and you
but you have a point of view, too
yeah, you have a point of view, too

channel it from somewhere in the unconscious mind
it doesn't have to make sense
sometimes when you try to hard it comes out wrong
music is about finding the rhythm within you
it doesn't have to be what anyone wants you to do
you could write a 12 minute purposeless song if you wanted to

it's alright if no one listens
just do you
you will have created something new
something totally true to you
that's all that matters
fuck everyone else

oh the sailor
was sailing upon the sea
he couldn't find his way home
he sailed for days and weeks and years
it was a metaphor for something he couldnt grasp
but it wasn't a metaphor to him

it was real life
he was actually lost at sea
he sailed upon the waves
and never found relief
there's no deeper meaning

there's no deeper meaning