A Savage God

(from the CD Songs from the Bright Side)

At seven every morning
I face my savage god
I eat my breakfast on the run
I go to do my job
I shave my face and I brush my teeth
And I check my heart
That's the way my day begins
That's the way it starts.

It's a savage job I'm doing
A savage god I serve
The road I chose is a savage road
I hope I don't lose my nerve.

Five years without drinking
Ten years without drugs
Fifteen without nicotine
Twenty without love
Twenty-five without an angel
Thirty without a hope
Thirty-five with a savage god
Time goes up in smoke

I built a shiny marble palace
A tiny feathered nest
The pyramids in a couple of days
I could use a day of rest
I carried all those harps to heaven
And all that coal to hell
And the only thanks I ever got was
Well, well, well.

The road goes on forever
The heartache does as well
To the place where Elvis died alone
In the heartbreak hotel
You can dance, dance, dance
You can turn, turn, turn
You can lie down with the king
And you can burn, burn, burn.