Black‐Throated Wind Lyrics

Bringing me down, I′m running aground
Blind in the light of the interstate cars
Passing me by the buses and semis
Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars

But I'm here by the road, bound to the load
Picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars
Alone with the rush of the drivers that won′t pick me up
The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the stars

The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in
With its words of a life where nothing is new
Ah, Mother American Night, I'm passed from the light
Oh, I'm drowning in you

I left St. Louis, City of Blues
In the midst of a storm, I′d rather forget
I tried to pretend it came to an end
′Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I′d met

But I can't deny, oh-oh, times of going back
I never had doubts or thoughts of regret
And I was a man when all this began
Who wouldn′t think twice about being there yet

The black-throated wind whispers great sin
It's speaking of life that passes like dew
Forced me to see you′ve done better by me
Better by me than I've done by you

Now what's to be found from racing around?
You carry your bag wherever you go
Full of the blues, trying to lose
You ain′t gonna learn what you don′t wanna know

So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies
Please help them to learn as well as to see
Capture a glance, oh-oh, and make it a dance
Of looking at you looking at me

The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in
With its words of a lie that could almost be true
Ah, Mother American Night, here comes the light
Turn it around, that's what I′m gonna do

Going back home, that's what I′m gonna do
Turn it around, that's what I′m gonna do
Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do
You′ve done better by me than I′ve done by you

Oh-oh, I'm drowning in you
You′ve done better by me than I've done by you
Oh-oh, I′m drowning in you
Oh-oh, I'm drowning in you
Thank you