When I quit drinking
I will come see you
At the bleeding edge of the empire I will make peace with you
You been waiting
And I been long wandering
Along the wire
Here by the driveway
Widows walk with heads of their husbands in hand
And you and your sister
Watched the wagons from the screen door
The dogs in the yard
Peek through the bars
And howl at the ambulance bells
The storm crossed the desert
With great white sails
And out in the yard
By the big black car
The ash from the pine fire piled like snow in your hair
And in the right light
They said you looked like an angel