riding on down the open road I'm on a straight line yeah I was on my way to the holy ghost when the devil rolled by from the fire to the ashes the angels call to find a home didn't know what I had had till I found it gone now I'm waiting all day long for a century song I'll sit and wait for a century song write it all down before you die the lesson I'm learning yeah I was soaking wet in a cold black lie that I could