[00:02.56]
[00:17.96]When we all ran back into the briars
[00:20.49]We told our children about the foreign shore
[00:23.40]When we threw our boots into the fire
[00:25.37]
[00:26.01]We told them all about the tug of war
[00:28.36]
[00:28.90]Gonna tell them about the seed and the shovel
[00:30.98]
[00:31.49]About the prison and the promised land
[00:33.59]
[00:34.35]Gonna tell them about the dream of the devil
[00:36.97]About the hurting and the healing hand  that hand
[00:42.16]
[00:49.80]Cause the music never lasts too long
[00:52.44]For the singers and the endless song
[00:54.61]
[01:00.71]When we held our words up in the mirror
[01:02.77]
[01:03.31]We told our children how to hold their tongues
[01:05.46]
[01:06.06]When we held our heads beneath the river
[01:08.83]We told them all about the iron lung
[01:10.91]
[01:11.68]Gonna tell them about the sins of the father
[01:14.43]About the junkie and the jubilee
[01:16.03]
[01:17.12]Gonna tell them about the roots in the water
[01:19.32]
[01:19.92]About the killing in the quiet line of trees
[01:24.66]
[01:32.49]Cause the music never lasts too long
[01:34.53]
[01:35.20]For the singers and the endless song
[01:37.63]
[01:43.50]All our morning kisses in the covers
[01:46.01]And told our children what 'worthy' means
[01:48.03]
[01:48.77]And then you wrapped your arms around another
[01:50.99]
[01:51.55]And told them what was worth a pile of beans
[01:53.94]
[01:54.46]Gonna tell them about the call of the ocean
[01:57.14]About the singers and the endless song
[01:59.24]
[01:59.97]Gonna tell them about the body
[02:01.29]And the motion
[02:02.70]And how the music never lasts too long  too long
[02:07.55]
[02:15.47]Cause the music never lasts too long
[02:17.44]
[02:18.13]For the singers and the endless song
[02:20.67]About the low lit alley
[02:21.80]And the wedding bed
[02:22.98]About the first born sucker
[02:24.02]And the spider's web
[02:25.42]
[02:26.35]Cause the music never lasts too long
[02:28.61]
[02:29.24]For the singers and the endless song
[02:31.77]About the mind and the muscle
[02:32.97]And the weary mile
[02:34.08]About the heart and the hustle
[02:35.34]And the empty sky
[02:36.71]
[02:37.40]Cause the music never lasts too long
[02:39.68]
[02:40.27]For the singers and the endless song
[02:42.79]About the tangled up truth in the perfect teeth
[02:45.06]About the pilgrim and the picking
[02:46.29]Through the chaff and wheat
[02:47.67]
[02:48.49]Cause the music never lasts too long
[02:51.22]For the singers and the endless song
[02:53.91]About the butterfly kiss
[02:54.68]And the call for blood
[02:56.09]About the pig and the preacher
[02:57.27]And the holy mud
[02:58.22]
[02:59.44]Cause the music never lasts too long
[03:01.78]
[03:02.35]For the singers and the endless song
[03:04.77]About the breeze in the summer
[03:05.98]And the nose will know
[03:07.00]About the sleep through the winter
[03:08.24]When the cold wind blows
[03:09.49]
[03:10.40]Cause the music never lasts too long
[03:12.50]
[03:13.26]For the singers and the endless song
[03:15.84]About the lame duck lion
[03:16.92]And the thorny crown
[03:17.99]About the proud punk mule
[03:19.08]And the heavy plow
[03:20.50]
[03:21.43]Cause the music never lasts too long
[03:23.05]
[03:23.97]For the singers and the endless song
[03:26.62]About the sunburned belly
[03:27.47]And the mother's moon
[03:28.97]About the end of the music coming way too soon