Xtina As I Knew Her - Lee Ranaldo

I was travelling light

travelling with a friend

as xtina came of age

i hung with xtina’s friends

they would all come 'round the house

and slowly go insane

every night up around the bend

i’m in xtina’s house again

she was just a lonely soldier

running with the times and the tides

maybe just a little older

quite a ways into the night

quite a ways into the night

i can see you coming

creeping slowly up the lane

i can see her falling

in and out of love again

i can still see that tree

with that boat off by the shore

drifting in and out of time

we’re in xtina’s house once more

slip behind the valley curtain

looking for a place to hide

shaky and those times uncertain

everyone drunk on red wine

drunk on red wine

turn on a flashlight in the dark

at 3 am in the morning

drunk on red red wine

tommy smashing bottles against the wall

xtina waiting at the wall

it’s what you know and you know it

it’s every place you go, so don’t blow it

confusion takes away, makes it all turn wrong

it only takes a day or two before I’m gone

long gone

well step right up

to the house of pain

step right up on the porch

you bet on the wrong horse

walking through the door at 10

right about a quarter to 10

being very very certain

we’re in xtina’s house again

she was just a lonely soldier

running up and down the ride

she was pure and wide and open

she was somehow out of time

now she’s frozen in time