Tongue tied, said my prayers
   20 years or more
   seems like yesterday
  
   hung your secrets from
   the judas tree
   watched 'em blow down
   to the valley floor
   blowin' home, watched
   'em blow away
  
   and what I fear is what we all fear
   a fortune lost, a fortune gained
   cursed by the power of the
   blue head flame
  
   got so drunk, I took things back
   things I never said
   things I never stole from anyone
  
   dug in the clay, red on my hands
   guilty to the elbows,
   never mind my hands
   kept my nose clean,
   kept it that way for you
  
   now what I fear, is what we all fear
   a fortune lost, a fortune gained
   cursed by the power of the
   blue head flame
  
   watched the freights from
   the railroad tie
   spun a rusty nail, and I closed
   both eyes
   as I told my tale, as the
   freights went by
  
   straw of pity on the
   courthouse stairs
   wait till doomsday, you said
   wait for years
   I couldn't wait that long,
   I shoulda' killed for less
  
   now what I fear, is what we all fear
   a fortune lost, a fortune gained
   cursed by the power of the
   blue head flame
  
   ya what I fear, is what we all fear
   humble origins all betrayed
   lost to the power, we were
   lost to the flame
  
   tongue tied, said my prayers
   20 yeasr or more
   seems like yesterday
  
   got so drunk, I took things back
   things I never stole, things
   I never said to anyone
   I should'a killed for less