the smoke filled my lungs the morning poured in clean sister whiskey and father time stood to tell my story and held my soul like rock holds vine well here i stand a bird in hand one foot in sea and one on land and i m not an honest man whoa whoa no oh no whoa whoa well i ve said it before my hands have been holding the door i am heavy of heart i am not in control lord forgive me i m bargaining fervor for stones singing oh whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa here i stand here i stand here i stand here i stand so i beg my drunken heart to travel faster i beg my drunken heart to obey i beg my drunken heart to travel faster spurring on a horse to catch the train