the other side Lyrics

She caught wind of the changes

Packed up all her things

Drove the highway off into the night

Past the cold black crooked trees

And she's turning down the back roads

Let the headlights lead the way to the other side

And the world just turns it's back to the pain

The sky just rains

In the silver blue white moonlight

He raised the ax and broke the chains

He could hear the dogs crying off in the distance

And the fear running thru his bones again

And he tiptoes across the stones in the river

Try and find safety on the other side

And the world just turns it's back to the pain

The sky just rains

Who cares if the earth splits open and swallows everything

Who cares about the lost and forgotten

Let them find their own way and start again, start again

When the clock struck midnight

She fit a bullet into the gun

Took one last look at the mess she made

And left a lonely note for no one

It said, there ain't no beauty I can see

It must be out there somewhere on the other side

And the world just turns it's back to the pain

The sky just rains

Men and women come and go, the earth remains the same

Dig the holes and bury the bones

They turn to dust and start again, start again

He washed his hands of the evil

And the blood flowed down stream

Buried his knife in the cool dark grass

And climbed the ridge to the road again

If he drives all day for the southern border

At night he'll reach a new life on the other side

And the world just turns it's back to the pain

The sky just rains