Ten Degrees of Strange

(One, two, three, four)

There's a black dog following
Hard on my trail
Set firm on hollowing
My heart till it fails
Gone nine days sleepless
Seeking to keep this dog off my tail
Lugged this old bag of bones
Through seven time zones
Oh I'm ten degrees of strange
But I'm trying to change
Trying to shake off my shadow
Still hoping to get out
Of the black dog's range

So I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
Gonna run like a river
Right down to the sea
Gonna run like the sap
Through the heart of a tree
I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust

Oh, you were the pebble
And I was the ripple
You were the puzzle
And I was the riddle
Together, together
We got lost in the middle
We took signs for wonders
In summer the meteors
In winter the thunder
The trees split asunder
Wherever we wandered
Now I'm stormbound on high ground
A jack of the hedge
A wreck on the beach
Still trying to stay out
Of the black dog's reach

Some days I long
For the grace of an end
Dam up the river, dry out its bed
Bury me there, body and head
Far from the black dog's song

But I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
Gonna run like a river
Right down to the sea
Gonna run like the sap
Through the heart of a tree
I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
Gonna run like the river
Right down to the sea
Gonna run like the sap
Through the heart of a tree
I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust