donmiguel

I'll Never Let Go of Your Hand

Well, ring the bell backwards and bury the axe
Fall down on your knees in the dirt
Im tied to the mast between water and wind
Believe me, youll never get hurt
Our rings in the pawnshop, the rains in the hole
Down at the Five Points I stand
Ill lose everything
But I wont let go of your hand

Well, Peter denied and Judas betrayed
Ill bail with the roll of the drum
And the wind will tell the turn from the wheel
And the watchman is making his rounds
Well, youll leave me hanging by the skin of my teeth
Ive only got one leg to stand
You can send me to hell
But Ill never let go of your hand

Swing from a rope on a cross-legged dream (?)
Signed with One Eyed Jacks blood
From Temple to Union, to LA and Grand
Walking back home in the mud

Now I must make my best of the only way home
Molly deals only in stone
Im lost on the midway, Im reckless in your eyes
Just give me a couple more throws
Ill dare you to dine with the cross-legged knight
Dare me to jump and I will
Ill fall from your grace
But Ill never let go of your hand
Ill never let go of your hand


Words and music by: Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan