Wish You Well

He wrote a name with the needle gun
In black and blue
Your eyes are stone, she said
Beautiful and dead
And I wish you well

I took a turn on this carousel
How long ago now, I never can tell
I never stopped to wonder
Maybe a morning, maybe a thousand years

I only walk high wires
Attend a needing
The magnolia's dying
Long coarse and primitive
I wish love, lord
I wish love could live, forever

What I once saw burning bright as hell
Now here comes that weird chill
I don't stop to wonder

Oh-oh
Threaded a name
Through the needle's eye
As a frame
Tied the ends and stitched it up
And hung my head down and wept
But I wish you well

Who'll pray for the killer's sake
I used to be so wide awake
Like certain mornings
That last a thousand hours

Long coarse and primitive
I wish love, lord
I wish love could live forever

I'm burning bright as hell
Here comes that weird chill
But I wish you well

Your eyes are stone, she said
Truly beautiful and dead
I wish you well
I want to ride on this carousel
But I never really stopped to wonder