The Lone Wolf


He was the lone wolf you could see it in his eyes
The way he held his heart the way he held his lies
Sometimes he's just show up outside on the porch
An hour at a time like a lonely whore

And she was a scarecrow the way she always looked around
For something she once had and never could be found
And time was on her side but she never kept track
And all the hunters came and took her memories back

And once they met inside a dirty curtained room
And the rain fell down hard that day onto the tin roof
She said "I've seen you before, I've been looking for you
Better keep your heart close hunters are coming for you"
He said "I've seen them a hundred times and I always get away
Because you will never stop looking and I will never stay"

The lone wolf kissed her mouth like so many before
Scarecrow closed her eyes and then she closed the door
And the rain fell down on the tin roof when the hunters came that night
They stole all of her memories killed the wolf and all his lies


 
Peter von Althen Drums, percussion
Kevin McCarragher Bass
Kathleen Acoustic guitar
Fred Guignon Lap steel, national steel

 

Written by
Kathleen Edwards

BMI NR 5991932

Comment
"Some songs, like Lone Wolf for example, I wrote with the idea of a person. It's my way of being able to carry that individual with me wherever I go."

"I remember walking the dog one day, and this song just kind of came into my head, and I went back into the house and wrote it, and the next day went to the studio and recorded it." [2003/03/16 Boulder, CO]


Availability
American Connection
Bug Music Fall 2003 sampler
Failer
Failer [CA Promo]
Failer [US Promo]
Failer [US Promo, black disc]
Six O'Clock News [2 track]