Nick Cave - Ramblin' Mind

Some folks say if you can run
Stand before the gates of God
There’s a man behind you
And the sound of rain

You may fall to darker times
Fall to darker times
Life is full of many roads
You need to choose which way to go
You’ll come and come to ride that road
In the hands of God
Before you are sold
In the hands of God

There once was a man who spoke no fear
He searched for truth to bring them near
And off he went to ride that road
He had a ramblin’ soul
And ramblin’ mind
He had a ramblin’ mind

Well, he looked for the time
And it had gone
He felt he’d been left too long
And the people called about ancient times
Some say he buried things again
He had a ramblin’ mind
Yah and when he’d come from miles away
Just to speak his words and he stayed here
People sold things on the rise
Spending all his years side by side
He had a ramblin’ mind

Should have been there to see the sight
Of Francis and Jerry Dwight (?)
As they ragged him up and they stole his words
This time they might never take him back again
With his rambling mind

Yah but mama said well, you better behave
You stop that bickering from the grave
Or they’ll stab you right out through the back
And then your words will be gone
For even trying
He had a ramblin’ mind