Black Tornado

Black Tornado - Dan Bern from his album New American Language
 I been speaking-
 later and later in the day-
 Most days I don't talk
 'til maybe 8 o'clock at night It keeps me whole,
 It keeps me holy. It keeps me way up
 in the mountains even when I'm on the road
 It keeps me coming up for air
 Keeps me airing out some come
 It keeps me cool
 And everyplace I go is one less place I could call home
 And every girl I kiss, well I just cross her off my list
 I don't go far
 I just go crazy
 I buried all of my old clothes out in some field in West Des Moines
 And if you judge me tonight
 Judge me by the songs I write
 That's who I am to you
 (background) lil more guitar)
 (chourus)And there's a Black Tornado
 Black Tornado
 Spinning around in my body sometimes
 Black Tornado
 a Black Tornado
 Spinning around in my body sometimes
 And I could do tonight with something soft and warm and furry
 But that ain't likely to occur in southcentral Missouri
 It's a day off
 It's an off-day
 It's a Budweiser, Budgetel, Bukowski kind of night
 All I got's what's on my back
 this Guitar and a backpack
 My soul's intact
 (chourus)And there's a Black Tornado. . . .
 And everything is changing faster than I can describe
 All I really know to do is grab the wheel and drive
 I look for love
 And some adventure
 And I try not to let my own breathing scare me off the road
 There is a tombstone
 Of my father I visit sometimes
 There is a tombstone
 Of my father I visit sometimes
 And there's a Black Tornado...