River of Dirt

I was your lover

You were my plan

I told you that you were

My sun and my sand

But right away

Get a circus job

And I'd fly away

And become a bird of song

El Camino, take me home

El Camino, take me home

You are a jester

And I am an elf

And I'm sad to the books

That are stocked upon my shelf

Take me back to the river of dirt

Take me back to the river of dirt

Built of the veins

And the flesh, and the bones

We are all so

Painfully alone

Burning by rivers

Of dirt and fire

We return to the ground

When we retire

Back to the river of dirt and fire

Summer is coming

I can't believe it's true

Where all you were issued

Are turning into you

Take me back to the place

Of golden slumbers

Where I was happy

And you were my middle name

Take me back to the river of dirt

Take me back to the river of dirt

And I grew up

In the houses made of lead

The walls were white, the stairs were sharp

The scent of summer lead

Take me back to the river of dirt

Take me back to the river of dirt