comfort time

when i'm down it's really low
couldn't guess which way to go
16 tons and falling fast
never winning, always last
when i'm down it's dark as night
crazy in the pale moonlight
desert country far from home
i'm traveling light, but all alone

baby's fine she comforts me
shows me all i want to see
tells me what i want to hear
never far, she's always near
baby's fine she comforts me

when i cry it's spilling milk
throwing tears as soft as silk (silk)
wrap me in a bed of sorrow
cover me up until tomorrow
when i cry it's losing face
salty skin without a taste (taste)
watching wicked hands of time
waving past this song of mine

when i hurt it's world is gone
blackness at the break of dawn
grinding gears inside my head
tells me no one hears what i just said
and when i hurt it's really sore
i'm in denial, i'm in denial on the floor
crawling on my hands and knees
and i'm asking for some comfort please

baby's fine she comforts me
shows me all i want to see
tells me what i want to hear
never far, she's always near
baby's fine she comforts me