Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Train wheels runnin' down an open track
In my mem'ry time to take me back
Are you goin are you goin'
To Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same old way
I can feel it from the mountain top
Runnin' down to the foamy brine
In a restaurant 'cross a table top
Looking into a glass of wine
Whispering in the evening breeze
Green leaves glistening eucalyptus trees
Can you hear them
Or get near them
Oh, Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same old way
I can feel it when it all goes down
Look around and it's happening
Look around and see what I have found
And it's more than a song to sing
In the night I hear you callin'
And I'm thinkin' about, thinkin' about you, darlin'
Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same way
I can feel it when it all goes down
Look around and it's happening
Look around and see what I have found
And it's more than a song to sing
And it's more, more than a song to sing
And it's more, more, more than a song to sing
And it goes out and it comes back
It is a feeling, it's a feeling
And when you do it, and the more you do it
And the more you do it, it becomes
A beautiful obsession
A beautiful obsession
A beautiful, beautiful obsession
It's a feeling
It's a feeling
It's a feeling
In your heart, in your soul
In your being, yeah
It's a, it's a beautiful obsession
It'll make you feel
It's more than a song to sing
It's more, more, more than a song to sing
Let the cowboy ride
Let the cowboy ride
Let the cowboy ride
It's more than a song to sing
In my mem'ry time to take me back
Are you goin are you goin'
To Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same old way
I can feel it from the mountain top
Runnin' down to the foamy brine
In a restaurant 'cross a table top
Looking into a glass of wine
Whispering in the evening breeze
Green leaves glistening eucalyptus trees
Can you hear them
Or get near them
Oh, Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same old way
I can feel it when it all goes down
Look around and it's happening
Look around and see what I have found
And it's more than a song to sing
In the night I hear you callin'
And I'm thinkin' about, thinkin' about you, darlin'
Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same way
I can feel it when it all goes down
Look around and it's happening
Look around and see what I have found
And it's more than a song to sing
And it's more, more than a song to sing
And it's more, more, more than a song to sing
And it goes out and it comes back
It is a feeling, it's a feeling
And when you do it, and the more you do it
And the more you do it, it becomes
A beautiful obsession
A beautiful obsession
A beautiful, beautiful obsession
It's a feeling
It's a feeling
It's a feeling
In your heart, in your soul
In your being, yeah
It's a, it's a beautiful obsession
It'll make you feel
It's more than a song to sing
It's more, more, more than a song to sing
Let the cowboy ride
Let the cowboy ride
Let the cowboy ride
It's more than a song to sing
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Santa Fe/Beautiful Obsession Lyrics as written by Van Morrison Jackie De Shannon
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