Idiot Wind Songtext
von Mary Lee’s Corvette

Someone′s got it in for me
They're writing stories in the press
Whoever it is, I wish they′d cut it out quick
When they will, I can only guess
They say I shot a man named Gray
And took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks
That when she died, came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky

The people see me all the time
And they just can′t remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas
Images and distorted facts
Even you, yesterday
You had to ask me where it was at
I can′t believe after all these years
You didn't know me any better than that
Sweet lady


Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the back road heading south
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You′re an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

I ran into the fortune teller
Who said beware of the lightning that might strike
I haven′t known peace and quiet for so long
I can't remember what it′s like
There's a lone soldier on a cross
Smoke pouring out of a boxcar door
You didn't know it, you didn′t think it could be done
In the final end, he won the war
After losing every battle

Well, I woke up on the roadside
Daydreaming about the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare
Shoot through my head and are making me see stars
You hurt the one that I love best
And cover up the truth with lies
One day, you′ll be in the ditch
Flies buzzing all around your eyes
Blood on your saddle


Idiot wind
Blowing through the flowers on your tomb
Blowing through the curtains of your room
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It′s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

It was gravity which pulled us down
And destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage
But it wasn't enough to change my heart
Now everything′s a little upside down
As a matter of fact, the wheels have turned
What's good is bad, what′s bad is good
You'll find out when you reach the top
You're on the bottom

I noticed at the ceremony
Your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can′t remember your face anymore
Your mouth has changed, your eyes don′t look into mine
The priest wore black on the seventh day
His fat stone face brought the building to earth
I waited for you on the roundabout
By the cypress trees as the springtime turned
Slowly into autumn

Idiot wind
Blowing like a circle round my skull
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It′s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

Well, I can't feel you anymore
I can′t even touch the books you've read

And every time I crawl past your door
I′ve been wishing I'd been somebody else instead

Down the highway, down the tracks
Down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars
Hounded by your memory
In all your raging glory

I've been double-crossed now
For the very last time
And now I′m finally free

Well, you′ll never know the hurt I suffered
Or the pain I rise above
And I'll never know the same about you
Your holiness or your kind of love
And it makes me so sorry

The idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
The idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We are idiots, babe
It′s a wonder we can even feed ourselves

The idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
The idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We are idiots, babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves

Thank you