Despair is a tight rope and when you slip it slits you in two
Leaving one for the highway & one for getting through
Now I live out in the badlands, just my dog & me
It's only been two summers since Edna left me
Just you wait & just you see
These godforsaken badlands don't make for such good company
The knife is forthright & it'll sing when it sinks deep
I feel the winter in my bones; I hope the night, it takes me
Just you wait & just you see
These godforsaken badlands, well, they'll be the death of me
credits
from Badlands,
released June 28, 2019
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