When they point the twisted fingers
And say that I must bow
And thank them all for nothing
For that's all they will allow
When the pieces of my nerve ends
Come crawling up your stairs
But you take me in
And you place your smile
Upon my venom eyes
You read me and you know I'm crushed
And I'll confess
I've been out a-cruising
For the young and pretty gods
Then your fingertips touch mine
And I see Him in the sky
Oh, tell me of His garments
Are they new and clean and white?
And tell me how He suffered
And take me to your bed
Beat upon the pillow
'Til it's fluffed to greet my head
You're the one who calms the angry sound
You're the one who bathes my lips in brandy
Let me ride upon your back tonight
Fly me to the surf that's warm and sandy
You're the one who guides me through the light
You're the one who feeds me
Kentucky candy
When they crawl upon each other
And squeeze out each other's eyes
Because they have no time left
To remember what they were
And in unison they turn to me
That I participate
And I taste the serpent's tongue
And I freeze in all my fright
Can you tell them for me now
That theirs is not my fight?
I'm busy building Heaven
Upon the shifting sand
And He who walked on water
Said "Ye not be turned"
And why is this so hard
For them to understand?
That a piece of molten iron
Never learned
The soul of man
Will someday have to burn
And you're the one who calms the angry sound
You're the one who bathes my lips in brandy
Let me ride upon your back tonight
And fly me to the surf that's warm and sandy
You're the one who guides me through the light
And you're the one who feeds me
Kentucky candy
Now they've given you a warning
And all the world is dead
It's on the upper level
Where they'll unscrew your head
The monkey people
Have begun to carry things
They'll roll out an oriental
Through a corridor that's dark
And you will see nothing
But the purple bulb that shines
And there you'll meet
All your childhood toys
And someone who looks just like you
Will strap you to your throne
And with a rusty mallet
He'll beat your every thought
Until your mind is drained
From all it knows
And then perhaps
He'll give you back your clothes
And you'll hear them all beneath you
Old witches scream and laugh
As they throw disgusting objects
Into a boiling pot
And you'll beg your name
Is not upon their lips
Then you'll remember Jesus
For there's nothing He can do
You'll search your mind for prayers
That you can't recall
You should've given
All of them your shoes
Just when you think it's over
Friendly lightning then reminds
You of the crawling serpent
Whose body's still on flames
So go crawl through the streets now
They'll all look the other way
For there's no-one there
To climb inside your dream
And you're the one who calms the angry sound
You're the one who bathes my lips in brandy
Let me ride upon your back tonight
And fly me to the surf that's warm and sandy
You're the one who guides me through the light
You're the one who feeds me
Kentucky candy
Oh, but now it is the summer
And the sun surrounds the trees
I'll take you to the town
Where white houses kiss the sun
And you'll smell the grass
That's damp beneath your feet
And there's the friendly farmer
With his hair so white and clean
He says that he remembers
But he just wants to talk
He's tending to the things
His hands have grown
They've taken the old warehouse
That stood beneath the town
And now it is a theatre
They didn't tear it down
But most of it has
Little changed at all
So it's out to picking mushrooms
And then dry them in the sun
And it's off to Devil's Hopyard
To spar and laugh for fun
And I wish that we might live here
But our money won't afford
So we pack our things
For going home again
And you're the one who calms the angry sound
You're the one who bathes my lips in brandy
Let me ride upon your back tonight
And fly me to the surf that's warm and sandy
You're the one who guides me through the light
You're the one who feeds me
Kentucky candy
Kentucky candy