Best opening lyric

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed and deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed

 

She won't mind if the place we stand is marked by ash
She believes what doesn't kill her only takes more time to kill her

 

So many mouths to feed on the farm
Sonny was the second to the last one born
His mama ran away and his daddy beat him bad
And he grew up wild good love he never had

 

A church house, gin house
A school house, outhouse
On Highway Number Nineteen
The people keep the city clean

 

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, yeah

 

White light, White light goin' messin' up my mind
White light, and don't you know its gonna make me go blind

 

Me and Billy the Kid never got along
I didn't like the way he cocked his hat
And he wore his gun all wrong.
We had the same girlfriend
And he never forgot it
She had a cute little Chihuahua
Until one day he up and shot it

 

Alone
Listless
Breakfast table
in an otherwise
empty room.

 

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

 

Early hours, open road, family of five on their way home
Having enjoyed a day in the sun, their encounter with gore has just begun

 

The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a young'un's dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town
Not knowing where I'm bound
And no one could change my mind, but Mama tried

 

Well I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
Around the curve come a passenger train
Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan
Jimmy he's dead he's been a long time gone
Been a long time gone a long time gone