Let the Blade Do the Work

Just another town that might not recover Just another friend who's gone and lost his mind Just another sunset from the city train As we ride it free to the end of the line It's just another rusted attempt Laying sideways in the harbor While all the men are out at sea You say you don't want trouble That you've left that life behind But you've got trouble here with a capital T And it's like this every time You know it's like this every time So looking out across the formless frontiers I scream your name down five broken valleys And paint a picture of a glass hearted girl with Promises way too numerous to tally And in the search light that's been cheapening the midnight sky I think of you and how you had that troubled start But you never let it wash you away To a town where you didn't speak the language and if it did You'd always know what to say, you'd say Let the blade do the work For years now all I've heard is heave-ho We've got two burnt cars Down on the beach road And with a little bit of luck real soon I'll be going home With no blood on my hands I've got blood on my hands So laying down beneath The pregnant pause And in the constant coverage of the wars We never hear of what's been learned It's just a thousand rocks left to unturn And in her monument She is sleeping in her clothes tonight And waking up before the sun has a chance to rise To write her mantra across the skies It reads 'pick up the wrench if it's a victimless crime' And it's like this every time You know it's like this every time