Conversation With My Son (Gangsters & Angels)

Whatever could have made you

So sure of yourself?

Whispers in a ruined house

The leaves that sing with no sound

There's no flowers growing

In the place where we are right

The kids and their questions

It'll keep you up all night

Who am I away from the fire

With no flames on my face?

He comes and sits beside me

And asks me, "What is this place?"

I get higher and higher

The lower I go

This upside world

With a knife at its throat

We're all tumblers and beggars

Your mother and I will show you

Gangsters and angels

Darling, come and see

The cross or the machine?

It's always the same choice

The best I ever met

Had nothing and gave it all away

We'd rather be ruined than change

And die in our dread

But love your crooked neighbor

With your crooked heart

Reach across again

Here's where heaven starts

I end where you begin

With my hand over your heart

Reach across again

Here's where heaven starts

I'm with you 'til the end

With my hand over your heart

Reach across again

Here's where heaven starts

I end where you begin

With my hand over your heart

Reach across again

Here's where heaven starts

I end where you begin

With my hand over your heart

Reach across again

Here's where heaven starts

I end where you begin

With my hand over your heart

Reach across again

Here's where heaven starts

I end where you begin

With my hand over your heart

Reach across again

Here's where heaven starts

I end where you begin

With my hand over your heart