How's It Gonna End
He had three whole dollars,A worn out car,And a wife who was leaving for good
Life's made of trouble,Worry, pain, and struggleShe wrote 'Good bye!' in the dust on the hood
They found a map of Missouri,Lipstick on the glassThey must've left in the middle of the night
And I want to know the same thingEveryone wants to knowHow's it goin' to end?
Behind a smoke-coloured curtain,The girl disappearedThey found out that the ring was a fake
A tree born crookedWill never grow straightShe sunk like a hammer into the lake
A long lost letter andAn old leaky boatPromises are never meant to keep
And I want to know the same thingI wanna knowHow's it goin' to end?
The barn leaned overThe vultures dried their wingsThe moon climbed up an empty sky
The sun sank downBehind the tree on the hillThere's a killer and he's coming through the rye
But maybe he's the fatherOf that lost lil' girlIt's hard to tell in this light
And I want to know the same thingEveryone wants to knowHow's it goin' to end?
Drag your wagon and your ploughOver the bones of the dead,Out among the roses and the weeds
You can never go back,And the answer is 'no',And wishing for it only makes it bleed
Joel Tornabene,Was broken on the wheelShane and Bum Mahoney on the lamb
The grain was as goldAs Sheila's hairAll the way from Liverpool with all we could steal
He was robbed of twenty dollarsHis body found strippedCast into the harbour there and drowned
And I want to know the same thingWe all wanna knowHow's it goin' to end?
The sirens are snakingTheir way up the hillIt's last call somewhere in the world
Reptiles blend inWith the colour of the streetLife is sweet at the edge of a razor
And down in the first rowOf an old picture show,An old man is asleep as the credit starts to roll
And I want to know the same thingWe all wanna knowHow's it goin' to end?
I want to know the same thingWe all wanna knowHow's it goin' to end?
And I just want to know the same thingI wanna knowHow's it goin' to end?