Isis

Well, 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 away To the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong I came to a high place of darkness and light 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 Well, 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 and 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 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 Well, I picked up his body and I dragged him inside I threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover I said a quick prayer and then I felt satisfied I rushed back to find Isis just to tell her I love her She was there in the meadow where the creek hits the rise Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed I came in from the east with the sun in my eyes I cursed it one time then I rode on ahead Well, I said, "Where ya been?" She said, "No place special." She said, "You look different." I said, "Well, I guess." She said, "You been gone." I said, "It's only natural." She said, "You gonna stay?" I said, "If you want me to, yes." Oh, Isis, oh, Isis, you a mystical child What drives me to you is what drives me insane I can remember in the way that you smiled On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin' rain