There is no twilight, there is no dusk Just a sunny day, suddenly turned dark A kaleidoscope of a 1000 idea Becomes a straight line A snake behind glass He's like a snake behind glass A 20 acre patch, with cotton for cash And vegetables for the table For better for worse, for worse forever This farm on government land A snake behind glass He's like a snake behind glass How high's the water Mama? I'm busted, I got stripes He stayed awake, for 72 hours straight Slept for thirty, and dropped sixty pounds in weight He's got painkillers and a guitar case full of amphetamines When he prayed he wore out his knees A snake behind glass He's like a snake behind glass Snake behind glass He's like a snake behind glass One, two, three, four Alright