Peace in the Valley

I think these walls have a message or have changed Which it is I can't decide So I leave with the writer that remains And let him tell me what his better days were like And I sit with the memory of kings With only words to criticize As if I finally found the antidote for pain Without knowing what that's really like And our actor ends his love song And all these lovers sit and stare If I don't find peace in the valley It's cause there wasn't any there I will move somewhere the ocean's never seen Somewhere weeds just make their claim Where my best friends exist only on screen Where my love all fits in frame But I want fire tumbling out into the night I want you to know why you hold me close Pull the quarter from my ear, or say you tried I need magic or the holy ghost And as I drive on through these canyons I'm still feeling like a crook If I don't find peace in the valley I've got no place else to look