Idiot Wind

Someone's got it in for me
Plantin' stories about me in the press
Whoever it is, I wish they'd cut it out
When they will, I can only guess

They say that I shot a man named Gray
And took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks
But when she died it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky

People see me all the time
They just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas
Images, and distorted facts

And even you, yesterday
You had to ask me where it was at
I couldn't believe after all this time
You didn't know me better than that
Sweet lady

Idiot wind
Blowin' every time you move your mouth
Blowin' down the back roads, headed south
Idiot wind
Blowin' every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

Through the I Ching yesterday
It said there might be thunder at The Well
Peace and quiet's been avoidin' me
For so long, it feels like livin' hell

There's a lone soldier on the hill
Watchin' falling raindrops pour
You'd never know it to look at him
But in the final shot, he won the war
After losin' every battle

I woke up on the roadside
Daydreamin' about the way things sometimes are
Hoofbeats poundin' in my head
At break-neck speed and makin' me see stars

You hurt the ones that I love best
You cover up the truth with lies
One day, you'll be in the ditch
Flies buzzin' around your eyes
Blood on your saddle

Idiot wind
Blowin' through the flowers on your tomb
Blowin' through the curtains in your room
Idiot wind
Blowin' every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

It was gravity which pulled us in
Destiny, which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart

Now everything's a little upside down
As a matter of fact, the wheels have stopped
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
You'll find out when you reach the top
That you're in the bottom

I noticed at the ceremony
That you left all your bags behind
The driver came in after you left
He gave them all to me, and then he resigned

The priest wore black on the seventh day
Waltzed around while the buildings burned
You didn't trust me for a minute, babe
I've never known the spring to turn
So quickly to autumn

Idiot wind
Blowin' every time you move your jaw
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Mardi Gras
Idiot wind
Blowin' every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

We pushed each other a little too far
One day, it just jumped into a ragin' storm
A hound dog bayed behind your trees
As I was packin' up my uniform

I'd figured I'd lost you anyway
Why go on? What's the use?
In order to get in a word with you
I'd have had to come up with some excuse
And It just struck me kinda of funny

I've been double-crossed too much
At times, I think I've almost lost my mind
Ladykillers load ice on me behind my back
While imitators steal me blind

You close your eyes and parted of your lips
And slip your fingers from your glove
You can have the best there is
But it's gonna cost you all your love
You won't get it for the money

Idiot wind
Blowin' through the buttons of our coats
Blowin' through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind
Blowin' through the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots, babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves