BRIGHT YOUNG MAN

The moon's holding water
The snake sheds its skin
Someone wonders where the hell he's been
He's walking down the railroad track
Carrying something in his hand
There goes another bright young man

Ooh You gotta catch him while you can
Ooh There goes another bright young man

The Devil's in the town square
With nothing but time
And a way to help him
Identify with his own kind
Smoke and music seeping out
Of a black conversion van
There goes another bright young man


Ooh You gotta catch him while you can
Ooh There goes another bright young man

The salt of the earth
The blade of the plow
Grind in the dirt
To nourish the sow
What's put in your bowl
When it's your turn
The water never boils long 
Beneath the bridges that get burned

He came home in the morning
No explanation why
With a wet brown paper bag
And a cut over his eye
Mama's heads under the covers
Daddy's washing his hands
There goes another bright young man


Ooh You gotta catch him while you can
Ooh There goes another bright young man