It's true there were all the men
you knew were demons
Who said they were through
with dealing
every time they gave you shelter
I know that I'm kind of mad
it's hard to hold the hand of anyone
Who reaching for the sky just to surrender
Who is reaching for the sky
just to surrender
And then sweeping out the jokers
that he left behind
You find he did not leave you very much,
not even laughter
Like any dealer,
he was watching for the card
that is so high and wild,
could ever need to deal another
He was just some Joseph
looking for a ma jor
He was just some Joseph
looking for a ma jor
I told you when I came, was a stranger
I told you when I came, I was a stranger
But now another stranger seems to want
you to ignore his dreams
as though they were the
burden of some other
We've seen that man before,
his golden heart, his magic cards,
but now it's rusted from
the elbow to the finger.
And he wants to trade the game,
he plays for shelter.
Yes, he wants to trade the game,
he knows the shelter.
You hate to watch another tired man
lay out his hand
like he was giving up the
only thing for her
And while he talks with
dreams to sleep,
notices there's a highway
that is curling up like smoke
above his shoulder
It's curling just like smoke
above his shoulder
You turn around,
I can't sit down,
but something makes you turn around
The door is open,
you can't close your shutter
You try to handle it, the road, it opens,
but you can't be afraid
It's you, my love,
you who are the stranger
It's you, my love,
you who are the stranger
I think it's time to board
another
Please un derstand I never
had a secret chart
To get me to the heart of this
or any other matter
When he talks like this
you don't know what he's after
You speak like this,
you don't know what he's after
But it's me tomorrow
if you choose to fall ashore
Beneath the fridge that
they are building on
Some endless river
Honey leaves the platform
called a sleeping car
That's formed, you realize
he's only advertising
One more shelter
And it comes to you,
never was a stranger
And you say okay,
regret you some place later
And then sweeping up the jokers
that he left behind
You cry, and he did not leave you very much
I even laughed at him
Like any dealer,
he was watching for the card
But it's so high, why?
We'll never meet a deal, never
He was just some Joseph
looking for a feature
He was just some Joseph
looking for a feature
That meeting on your windowsill
And they'll say, they'll say one day
you caused his will to weaken
With your love and warmth and shelter
And they're taking from his wallet
an old schedule of trains
They'll say
I told you when I came
I was a stranger
I told you when I came
I was a stranger
I told you when I came
I was a stranger
You