Death's Head

I used to stand in your garden

And watch the clouds of summertime rain

In the distance over haybarns and cornfields

I wonder do you remember my name

 

Through the silence you could see out past the telegraph lines

As the lightning in sheets crossed the skies

I could see the wild flowers growing in the meadows

And the trees swaying in the breeze

 

The air in the evening was like rosewater

And we’d watch as the thunder clouds rolled

Never new it then but we were just starting

We would never see those days come again

 

Everybody needs an angel

And everybody’s got a devil by their side

Everybody needs an angel

I got this devil but he won’t take me this time

 

I carry a deathshead on my shoulders

And a devil inside

But my angel she walks right here beside me

I know that one day I’ll come back

I know that one day I’ll come back

 

I carry a death’s head on my shoulders

And a devil inside

But my angel she walks here beside me

I know that one day I’ll come back

One day I’ll come back

One day I’ll come back

 

Words by Mark from “Cactus Farming At The Ends Of The Earth” first published by Miracle Grow 2001.