Spirit on the water, darkness on the face of the deep,
I keep thinking 'bout you, baby, and I can't hardly sleep.
I'm travelling by land, travelling through the dawn of the day,
you're always on my mind, I can't stay away.
I'd forgotten 'bout you, then you turned up again,
I always knew we were meant to be more than friends.
When you're near, it's just as plain as it can be,
I'm wild about you, gal, you ought to be a fool about me.
Can't explain the sources of this hidden pain,
you burned your way into my heart,
you got the key to my brain.
I've been trampling through mud praying to the powers above
I'm sweating blood, you got a face that begs for love.
Life without you doesn't mean a thing to me,
if I can't have you, I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea.
Sometimes I wonder why you can't treat me right,
you do good all day, and then you do wrong all night
When you're with me,
I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say,
what does it matter, what price I pay ?
They brag about your sugar, brag about it all over town
put some sugar in my bowl, I feel like layin' down.
I'm as pale as a ghost holding a blossom on a stem.
You ever seen a ghost? No? but you have heard of them.
I see you there, I'm blinded by the colors I see,
I take good care of what belongs to me.
I hear your name ringing up and down the line,
I'm saying it plain, these ties are strong enough to bind.
Your sweet voice calls out from some old familiar shrine,
I have no choice,
can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind.
I could live forever with you perfectly,
you don't ever have to make a fuss over me.
From east to west, ever since the world began,
I only mean it for the best,
I won't be with you any way I can.
I've been in a brawl, now I'm feeling the wall,
I'm going away, baby, I won't be back till fall.
High on the hill, you can carry all my thoughts with you,
you know my will, this love could tear me in two.
I won't be with you in paradise, and it seems so unfair,
I can't go to paradise no more, I killed a man back there.
You think I'm over the hill, think I'm past my prime,
let me see what you got,
we can have a whoppin' good time.