The Mission

Nelson-Hunter

We both know this light is ugly

We both know the time is running

We both know that a naked bulb

Can only be so friendly

Cities shines in both our eyes

Don't try to act too wise

It's too bright for visions now

Mystical or otherwise

I got a suite at the mission and I lived to tell

I got a suite at the mission, hope you do as well

Got a suite at the mission, it's much cleaner than hell

Got a suite at the mission and I lived to tell

Across a two-lane black tar

Lies the end of the world

Guns in every window

With trigger fingers curled

And I've been walking, smoking

He's got some skin disease

Makes him break out in tattoos

Every time I sneezeGot a suite at the mission and I lived to tell

Got a suite at the mission and I hope you do as well

Got a suite at the mission, it's much cleaner than hell

Got a suite at the mission and I lived to tell

Stand by me till I bolt

This final Irish coffee then

Then I'm out into the cold

No, you won't see me again

But listen for my voices

The ones that never die

You just can't avoid them

No, it's senseless to try

Got a suite at the mission and I lived to tell

Got a suite at the mission and I hope you do as well

Got a suite at the mission, it's much cleaner than hell

Got a suite at the mission and I lived to tell

Got a suite at the mission and I lived to tell