White Stripes Isis
I married isis on the fifth day of may,But I could not
hold
on to her very long.So I cut off my hair and I rode
straight awayFor the wild unknown country where I could
not go wrong.I came to a high place of darkness and
light.The dividing line ran through the center of
town.I hitched up my pony to a post on the right,Went
in to a
laundry to wash my clothes down.A man in the corner
approached me for a match.I knew right away he was not
ordinary.He said, "are you lookin' for somethin' easy
to
catch? "I said, "i got no money." he said, "that ain't
necessary."We set out that night for the cold in the
north.I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word.I
said, "where are we goin'? " he said we'd be back by
the
fourth.I said, "that's the best news that I've ever
heard."I was thinkin' about turquoise, I was
thinkin' about gold,I was thinkin' about diamonds and
the
world's biggest necklace.As we rode through the
canyons,
through the devilish cold,I was thinkin' about isis,
how
she thought I was so reckless.How she told me that
one day we would meet up again,And things would be
different the next time we wed,If I only could hang on
and
just be her friend.I still can't remember all the best
things she said.We came to the pyramids all embedded
in ice.He said, "there's a body I'm tryin' to find.If I
carry it out it'll bring a good price."'twas then
that I knew what he had on his mind.The wind it was
howlin' and the snow was outrageous.We chopped through
the
night and we chopped through the dawn.When he died I
was
hopin' that it wasn't contagious,But I made up my mind
that I had to go on.I broke into the tomb, but the
casket was empty.There was no jewels, no nothin', I
felt
I'd been had.When I saw that my partner was just bein'
friendly,When I took up his offer I must-a been mad.I
picked up his body and I dragged him inside,Threw him
down in the hole and I put back the cover.I
said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied.Then I rode
back
to find isis just to tell her I love her.She was
there in the meadow where the creek used to
rise.Blinded
by sleep and in need of a bed,I came in from the east
with
the sun in my eyes.I cursed her one time then I rode on
ahead.She said, "where ya been? " I said, "no place
special."She said, "you look different." I said, "well,
I
guess."She said, "you been gone." I said, "that's only
natural."She said, "you gonna stay." I said, "if you
want
me to, yes."Isis, oh, isis, you mystical child.What
drives me to you is what drives me insane.I still
can remember the way that you smiledOn the fifth day of
may in the drizzlin' rain.
