Singers and the Endless Song

When we all ran back into the briers We told our children 'bout the foreign shore When we threw our boots into the fire We told 'em all about the tug of war Wanna tell 'em 'bout the seed and the shovel About the prison and the promised land Gonna tell 'em 'bout the dream of the devil About the hurtin' and the healin' hand, that hand 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song When we heard our words up in the mirror We told our children how to hold their tongues When we held our heads beneath the river We told 'em all about the iron lung Gonna tell 'em 'bout the sins of the father 'Bout the junkie and the jubilee Gonna tell 'em 'bout the roots in the water About the killin' in the quiet night of trees 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song (oh-oh-oh-oh) All the morning kisses in the covers They told our children what were their means Until you wrapped your arms around another And told 'em love was worth a pile of beans Gonna tell 'em 'bout the call of the ocean 'Bout the singers and the endless song Gonna tell 'em 'bout the body and the motion And how the music never lasts too long, too long 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song ('Bout the low-lit alley and the wedding band) ('Bout the firstborn sucker in the spider's web) 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song ('Bout the mind and the muscle and the weary mouth) (And the heart and the hustle and the empty sky) 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song (Tangle of truth and the perfect team) ('Bout the pyramid of truth and each other mean) 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song ('Bout the butterfly kiss and the call for blood) ('Bout the peak in the picture and the holy mud) 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song ('Bout the bees in the summer and the lonely road) ('Bout to stay through the window when I'm going on) 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song ('cause the music never lasts too long) ('Bout the lame duck lion and the thorny crown) ('Bout the proud punk mule and the heavy plow) 'Cause the music never lasts too long For the singers and the endless song ('cause the music never lasts too long) ('Bout the sunburned belly and the mother's moon) ('Bout the end of the music coming way too soon)