Packing vagabond visions and a dream drenched hunger for a home

Swaddled in road dirt, blood stained blankets and poems

On a stormy suitcase Sunday, I awakened to the scream of the birds

They held their high notes and offered prayer without words Sinking in asphalt, speechlessness and what coulda been

Surrounded by strangers, scarred stars, stoned broken men

Riding the narcotic night 'til she swerved and smashed into the curb

Morning spilled from the wreckage and offered prayer without words Chains on the mast pull the past, nothin' lasts but nothin' ever ends

I leave town, break new ground, break down, leave town again

Trapped in the circle, anchored to the weight of the world

Under shooting stars that sink the skies and offer prayer without words Justice rides with jaundiced eyes, jaded judges bleed the broken bench

Liberty's a homicide, she been flogged to death

With money's monkey wrench

Desperado apostates set fire to every holy word we've heard

Silence billows from the burning books and offers prayer without words Surrender, that sweet cleaning girl

She folds white flags in Hallelujah Square

She can't remember where she's been one day I'm gonna join her there

Unpack my battered traveling case

Hang out a sign that says, 'Do Not Disturb'

Dissolve into the dream and sleep that offers prayer without words