Elephant's Graveyard
Popularity ยท Low
YouTube
Searching YouTube...
Lyrics
He checked in
To the Narbonne Hotel
Shared bathroom
Down at the dark end of the hall
A body full of burned-out neurons
And not much more
Charlie Stockworthy
Tired of the war
Never signed his name
On a dotted line
Never served his country
Never did no time
But he'd seen the damage
Done by weapons
That were wrought in Hell
And he knew the bodies
Were lying at the bottom of the well
Sleep was an obstacle
Sleep had been coming slow
He had a date with the firing squad
Way back in Buffalo
Hoping against hope
That it would be soon
His dreams began at dawn
His nightmares at noon
Well, he drifts
To the door
Of a bar
Called the Elephant's Graveyard
The blues is mocking him now
Most all of the time
"There ain't no cover charge
But the sign says you'll pay when you leave"
Charlie Stockworthy
Waiting in the checkout line
You can build walls
You can stack secrets
Find new ways
To vent off the steam
But you're never gonna make it
From the bottoms
Even halfway up that hill
'Til you learn
How to silence the screams
He opened his suitcase
Pulled out dirty clothes
He rinsed them in the sink
And then suddenly he froze
He opened the envelope
And he stared at the words for a while
And a single tear
Cut a path through his twisted smile
At the Elephant's Graveyard
It's way past closing time
And the room begins to tilt
As the sun begins to shine
Everybody seems to know him
And they all keep buying him beer
Charlie finds himself wondering
"How I'll ever get out of here"
"LAPD!"
Yelled the knock at the door
"Do not disturb"
Was the sign they ignored
They busted on in
Shone their flashlights in his yellow eyes
Charlie Stockworthy
Didn't register no surprise
He was down at the Elephant's Graveyard
Telling lies
And they couldn't pry the letter from his hands
As hard as they tried