"Well, God is in His heaven And we all want what's his But power and greed and corruptible seed Seem to be all that there is I'm gazing out the window Of the St. James Hotel And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell"

"When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?"

"The whole world's a bottle, And life's but a dram, When the bottle gets empty, It sure ain't worth a damn."

"I'd throw all the guns and the tanks in the sea, for they are mistakes of a past history."

"Let me die in my footsteps before I go under the ground."

"Your mind is your temple, keep it beautiful and free. Don't let an egg get laid in it by something you can't see."

"They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down."

"Seen a shooting star tonight, and I thought of you."

"There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse"

"There are no mistakes in life, some people say And it's true, sometimes you can see it that way People don't live or die, people just float She went with the man in the long black coat."

"Ring them bells Sweet Martha For the poor man's son Ring them bells so the world will know That God is one Oh, the shepherd is asleep Where the willows weep And the mountains are filled with lost sheep."

"We live in a political world Where peace is not welcome at all It's turned away from the door to wander some more Or put up against the wall."

"Jan had told him many times "it was you to me who taught: in Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught""

"Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan Who for reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man"

"You always said people don't do what they believe in; they just do what's most convenient, then they repent."

"Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content."

"The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter was that his name wasn't Henry Porter."

"I feel pretty good, but that ain't saying much — I could feel a whole lot better, if you were just here by my side to show me how."

"I've always been the kind of person who doesn't like to trespass, but sometimes you just find yourself over the line."

"When I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears, it was the best damn thing I saw anybody do."

"I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran."

"We're going all the way, till the wheels fall off and burn, till the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasins die."

"She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead," but you could tell she was so brokenhearted — she said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt.""

"I know she ain't you, but she's here, and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul."

"I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart."

"[Recounting a scene in The Gunfighter] Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square — I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death."

"Forgive me, baby, for what I didn't do."

"Somebody's got to cry some tears, I guess it must be up to me."

"When you bite off more than you can chew, you pay the penalty, somebody's got to tell the tale, I guess it must be up to me."

"It frightens me the awful truth of how sweet life can be."

"The old Rounder in the iron mask slipped me the master key, somebody had to unlock your heart, he said it was up to me."

"If I thought about it, I never would have done it, I guess I would have let it slide."

"I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity."

"Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it."

"My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost. He's always off somewhere when I need him most."

"I've been deceived by the clown inside of me. I thought that he was righteous but he's vain."

"If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself."

"All I see are dark eyes."

"Time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies."

"I can hear another drum beating for the dead that rise, whom Nature's beast fears as they come."

"I live in another world, where life and death are memorized."

"What looks large from a distance, close up ain't never that big."

"Man is opposed to fair play: he wants it all, and he wants it his way."

"For man has invented his doom; first step was touching the moon."

"Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth, he can do with it as he please. And if things don't change soon, he will."

"Yesterday's just a memory; tomorrow's never what it's supposed to be."

"Democracy don't rule the world; you'd better get that in your head. This world is ruled by violence."

"It's sundown on the union that was made in the USA. Sure was a good idea till greed got in the way."

"Capitalism is above the law; it's said it don't count 'less it sells."