Cold Eye, lyric by Walkabouts, The

from the songs album Devil's Road

Painted so many towns
Painted them up and down
Down to the broken ground
Pointed the last one, for now

Soon i will stow away
Into the cool nightshade
Watching fireworks fly
In the reservation sky

Found only hell to pay
Draggin' these bones all day
Sun-up to cocktail time
Dragged 'em till i was blind

The field full of also-rans
Stealin' my used up plans
All of my friends were there
They couldn't believe i cared

When i put my cold eye to it x2
And i couldn't say no

Luck is the thing i make
Luck is the thing you break
After it all went wrong
Before i was good as gone

Deep in the beggin' bowl
I found some scraps to take
Drank from your poison jar
Found i was wide awake

When i, put my cold eye to it x2
And i never said no, no i
Never said no

When i, put my cold eye to it x2
Yes, i put my cold eye to it
And i never said no, no i
Never said no