Kelly mountain road saw a heavy load   With a sagging heart and a break apart   Voices in me stood as thick as thieves   With no sympathy for the beggars' art      I have passed these pines   'Bout a million times effortlessly   Now I grip the wheel fear is what I feel   At the slow unraveling of being      But you tell me it's temporary, it's a matter of time   By God don't you think I know it's in my mind?   And it's right over left and healing the then   I'll soon be to nothing but I don't know when      Well, the way I flee on my crooked feet   Barn happy horse on a one-track course   Then I self despise, cryin' out my eyes   'Cause the happy trail led me to remorse      But the road is long and the song is gone   I blow empty in my cicada shell   If I saw my choice, I might find my voice   But I don't know when and I just can't tell      But you tell me it's temporary, it's a matter of time   By God don't you think I know it's in my mind?   It's right over left and healing the then   I'll soon be to nothing but I don't know when      Deep behind my face is a safer place   But old gears are hitched tight to the gate   It's a daily grind waiting to unwind   Till I hear that click that unlocks my fate      Yeah, but you tell me it's temporary and it's a matter of time   By God, don't you think I know it's in my mind?   It's right over left and healing the then   I'll soon be to nothing but I don't know when      I'll soon be to nothing but I don't know when   I'll soon be to nothing but I don't know when