Daniel Lanois

For The Beauty Of Wynona

Daniel Lanois


The ingots are burning red 
I'm working time and a half 
Tomorrow I'll stay in bed, 
what a hell it is, what a life 

I burn my fingers, why don't you 
laugh with the rest who know it well 
I tripped and then I fell for 
the beauty of Wynona 

At night I toss and I turn 
and I try and dial your number 
It's changed and God only knows 
where you been since last December 

Where you been with that twisted smile 
throwing your mother in the pond 
Break him easy when he go down for 
the beauty of Wynona 

Girls they skip double dutch 
They saw you go, mama gone 
Our prayers don't mean nothin' much 
to the heart that cannot be won 

Tangled in your fishing net 
right here in my own bed 
Drowning in the tears I shed for 
the beauty of Wynona