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Every day's a tintype photo of a lifeless pale-skinned man Making double fists with both his hands And the thunder takes a solo, and the rain makes rust of me And lightning strikes exactly where I stand Oh no, my violent lover, are you trying to make me beg It's too much to keep it all covered and I need it all out of my head I lost touch, I went to California and the devil made a fool of me It was all for nothing, it was all for show Now you know, it was all for show I was wrapped in her kimono, I was drinking like a fish Like the bottom of my bottle held a wish So I wished for total silence and the sun rose quietly And the morning brought me here to tell you this Oh no, my violent lover, are you trying to make me beg It's too much to keep it all covered and I need it all out of my head I lost touch, I went to California and the devil made a fool of me It was all for nothing, it was all for show Now you know, it was all for show I'm dead tired just looking at my eyes, baby Could fill a grave with all the tears that I've cried, baby Well I'm amazed that I am even alive, baby My heart is burning like the back of a summer moon Late June, High Noon Well I tightened up my bolo and I stepped out on the stage And all the masses knew the words I'd sing But soon my eyes will open and I'll see your smiling face And the cowboy lives to dream another day