Dan Bern - Black Tornado Lyrics
I been speaking later and later in the dayMost days I don't talk till maybe 8 o'clock at nightIt keeps me wholeIt keeps me holyIt keeps me way up in the mountains even when I'm on the roadIt keeps me coming up for airKeeps me airing out some comeIt keeps me coolAnd every place I go is one less place I could call homeAnd every girl I kiss, well I just cross her off my listI don't go farI just go crazyI buried all of my old clothes out in some field in West Des MoinesAnd if you judge me tonightJudge me by the songs I writeThat's who I am to youAnd there's a black tornado, a black tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesBlack tornado, a black tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesUh huh, uh huh, uh huhUh huh, uh huh, uh huhAnd I could do tonight with something soft and warm and furryBut that ain't likely to occur in south central MissouriIt's a day offIt's an off-dayIt's a Budweiser, Budgetel, Bukowski kind of nightAll I got's what's on my backGuitar and a backpackMy soul is intactAnd there's a black tornado, a black tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesBlack tornado, a black tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesUh huh, uh huh, uh huhUh huh, uh huh, uh huhAnd everything is changing faster than I can describeAll I really know to do is grab the wheel and driveI look for loveAnd some adventureAnd I try not to let my own breathing scare me off the roadThere is a tombstoneOf my fatherI visit sometimesThere is a tombstoneOf my fatherI visit sometimesAnd there's a black tornado, a black tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesBlack tornado, a black tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesA red tornado, a red tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesBlack tornado, a black tornadoSpinning around in my body sometimesOoh, uh huh, uh huhUh huh, uh huh, uh huh
