But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I Then we bared our pains, leaving first base Underneath the table so we never say Grace Falling out of bed for the work, day, week There was kissing in the cracks of the flash flood street There were garden blossoms, Ben and Johnny rotten Chewed up and swallowed by the profit they were trying to follow Bit to green and paying no tax on a quick, romantic conversation But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I There were washed out cars and our barked old clothes They were rubbing on each other, rubbing ghost on ghost There were junked out punks and Jesus freaks Weaving in and out of trouble wrapping round and round a leash There were sleepless dreamers, doomsday preachers The message and the messenger gone beneath the register The sweet gum tree by the dope drunk tank We can never get enough, we re the bad luck band There were hopeless sinners, sweepstakes winners But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I There was laughing in the rain, sugar in the shade There were back stab handshakes made on faith We were never out of time, and we never entertained Anybody say out of habit that the wind is gonna change There were restless misfits leaving biscuits Bottoms full of penny wishes, bodies full of petty dishes Side by side with the birds and bees and we never sang Grace Never ever took a beat There were saints and ramblers, movie stars handlers High above the aviary, underneath the cemetery And we never wondered why cause the sun was in our eyes There were seeds for the field, there was grease for the wheel Drinking with the luminaries, eating with the missionaries But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I But it all came down to you and I