Tattered Banners

You used to like to tell me Tales of the riverboat queen Talk of the lover that she took that spring In the days of the in between He looked like Jean Genet and Stole to make his way they say Fell in love with a black haired girl Followed her far away Your mother lent us money That she knew we couldn't pay Life got hard and it broke my heart It all just slipped away Secret Comanche child Stoned on hope and running wild See your pagan children Under the moonless sky Keep the faith for me Keep it safe keep it free Say a prayer for liberty And all she used to mean to me Keep the faith for me In your little box of certainties Traded in my endless deals For all these scars that never heal Tattered banners on my arm All these tattered banners on my arm One day I'll see you From the window of my train There on the platform Looking so fine Dreaming in the rain Maybe you will catch me In the corner of your eye You'll wonder what you really saw And me I'll wonder why We said goodbye Words were there On the tip of my tongue They slipped away and we were done Goodbye Keep the faith for me Keep it safe keep it free Say a prayer for liberty And all she used to mean to me Keep the faith for me In your little box of certainties Traded in my endless deals For all these scars that never heal Tattered banners on my arm All these tattered banners on my arm Slip beneath the covers Slip beneath the moon Slip beneath the eyes of god Cos he ain't coming soon You whisper words to me So sweet like ecstasy But all these mysteries They don't touch me anymore Keep the faith for me Keep it safe keep it free Say a prayer for liberty And all she used to mean to me Keep the faith for me In your little box of certainties Traded in my endless deals For all these scars that never heal Tattered banners on my arm All these tattered banners on my arm Tattered banners on my arm All these tattered banners on my arm