29.05.2008: "Biff, Bang, Pow"; "Plattenteller" und "Good Rotations"

People see me all the time and they just can’t remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at
I couldn’t believe after all these years, you didn’t know me any better than that
Sweet lady.

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the backroads headin‘ south
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

I threw the I-Ching yesterday, it said there’d be some thunder at the well
I haven’t tasted peace and quiet for so long it seems like living hell
There’s a lone soldier on the hill, watchin‘ falling raindrops pour
You’d never know it to look at him, but at the final shot he won the war
After losin‘ every battle.

I woke up on the roadside, day dreamin‘ about the way things sometimes are
Hoofbeats pounding in my head at break-neck speed and making me see stars
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies
One day you’ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin‘ around your eyes
Blood on your saddle.

Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb
Blowing through the curtains in your room
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

It was gravity which pulled us in and destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn’t enough to change my heart
Now everything’s a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good, you’ll find out when you reach the top
You’re on the bottom.

I noticed at the ceremony, that you left your bags behind
The driver came in after you left, he gave them all to me, and then he resigned
The priest wore black on the seventh day, and waltzed around while the building burned
You didn’t trust me for a minute, babe. I’ve never known the spring to turn
So quickly into autumn.

Idiot wind, blowing everytime you move your jaw
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Mardi Gras
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

We pushed each other a little too far, and one day it just turned into a raging storm
A hound dog bayed behind your trees as I was packing up my uniform
Oh I figured I’d lost you anyway, Why go on? What’s the use?
In order to get in a word with you, I’d have had to come up with some excuse
It just struck me kinda funny.

I been double-crossed too much, at times I think I’ve almost lost my min
Lady-killers load ice on me behind my back, while imitators steal me blind
You close your eyes and part your lips, and slip your fingers from your glove
You can have the best there is, but it’s gonna cost you all your love
You won’t get it for money.