Hope the medicine hold its fire Down below and then way up higher It’s always darker than I recall How was I to know There’s a light you know Nothing growing here, guess it might It’s monochrome in my paradise And I know nothings ever been black and white I guess that’s alright I guess that’s alright Things are changing 'round here you know There’s no 'easy does it now, nice and slowly' Still they come with their guns and go How was I to know We’ll be alright I s’pose Hope the medicine hold its fire Can’t go down again, won’t go higher Where’s the light again, where’d it go? How am I to know?