Down to the Bone

Center line alone North of Montecito Summertime and wheat toast and us both They say the earth is burning Oil fields are churning And we don't know the first thing where to go Some pain is right And some country stations lead you out into the night Where love is just a song So we burn all the pages Settle all the wagers But I can't erase it When it's down to the bone Starve out the traces Search in stranger's faces Masters and sages they don't know They'll never know, oh Now the children are screaming Walls become the ceiling A dying breath of freedom is all that we can hold And any way you cut it You'll have to lose the covet We're mazes, it amazes me the summits just not close It just ain't the same When we're not in danger, we're just in it for the taste And love is just a waste So we burn all the pages Settle all the wagers But I can't erase it When it's down to the bone Starve out the traces Search in stranger's faces Masters and sages they don't know They'll never know, mm