Chris Whitley

Assassin Song

Chris Whitley


I come from far away 
anywhere I am is home 
if you could make me stay 
you'd only always be alone 

Under greying skies 
we receive 
the endless summer gone 
as the lost refrain 
of an assassin song 

Well I slide through town 
a still and silent mist 
till you can see right down 
the killers you have kissed 

And you may recall 
in between the silences at home 
a distant serenade 
of an assassin song 

In the shadow play 
no history machine 
in tensions untamed 
the mysteries are green 

Under bleeding skies 
unobserved 
you slip away at dawn 
with the lonesome sound 
of an assassin song