Idiot Wind

Someone's got it in for me
 Plantin' stories about me in the press
 Whoever it is, I wish they'd cut it out
 When they will, I can only guess
 They say that I shot a man named Gray
 And took his wife to Italy
 She inherited a million bucks
 But when she died it came to me
 I can't help it if I'm lucky
 People see me all the time
 They just can't remember how to act
 Their minds are filled with big ideas
 Images, and distorted facts
 And even you, yesterday
 You had to ask me where it was at
 I couldn't believe after all this time
 You didn't know me better than that
 Sweet lady
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' every time you move your mouth
 Blowin' down the back roads, headed south
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' every time you move your teeth
 You're an idiot, babe
 It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
 Through the I Ching yesterday
 It said there might be thunder at The Well
 Peace and quiet's been avoidin' me
 For so long, it feels like livin' hell
 There's a lone soldier on the hill
 Watchin' falling raindrops pour
 You'd never know it to look at him
 But in the final shot, he won the war
 After losin' every battle
 I woke up on the roadside
 Daydreamin' about the way things sometimes are
 Hoofbeats poundin' in my head
 At break-neck speed and makin' me see stars
 You hurt the ones that I love best
 You cover up the truth with lies
 One day, you'll be in the ditch
 Flies buzzin' around your eyes
 Blood on your saddle
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' through the flowers on your tomb
 Blowin' through the curtains in your room
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' every time you move your teeth
 You're an idiot, babe
 It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
 It was gravity which pulled us in
 Destiny, which broke us apart
 You tamed the lion in my cage
 But it just wasn't enough to change my heart
 Now everything's a little upside down
 As a matter of fact, the wheels have stopped
 What's good is bad, what's bad is good
 You'll find out when you reach the top
 That you're in the bottom
 I noticed at the ceremony
 That you left all your bags behind
 The driver came in after you left
 He gave them all to me, and then he resigned
 The priest wore black on the seventh day
 Waltzed around while the buildings burned
 You didn't trust me for a minute, babe
 I've never known the spring to turn
 So quickly to autumn
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' every time you move your jaw
 From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Mardi Gras
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' every time you move your teeth
 You're an idiot, babe
 It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
 We pushed each other a little too far
 One day, it just jumped into a ragin' storm
 A hound dog bayed behind your trees
 As I was packin' up my uniform
 I'd figured I'd lost you anyway
 Why go on? What's the use?
 In order to get in a word with you
 I'd have had to come up with some excuse
 And It just struck me kinda of funny
 I've been double-crossed too much
 At times, I think I've almost lost my mind
 Ladykillers load ice on me behind my back
 While imitators steal me blind
 You close your eyes and parted of your lips
 And slip your fingers from your glove
 You can have the best there is
 But it's gonna cost you all your love
 You won't get it for the money
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' through the buttons of our coats
 Blowin' through the letters that we wrote
 Idiot wind
 Blowin' through the dust upon our shelves
 We're idiots, babe
 It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves