Kerosene Dream
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph

Load up the wagons
with my old friends
drive 'em out beyond the city
let the burning begin

soak down the palace
with kerosene
its a liquid I've found useful
to cauterize my dreams

hey but I, I believe in you
yes, I will
its what I, I was lead to do

but you're like a cat in water
and I've got the Vaseline
you've got the fire below

and I've got the fire machine
and we're gonna follow baby
and we're gonna follow baby
we've got the kerosene to dream
baby we dream
gonna lie back baby
till our bones bleach clean
wash our love in kerosene

things I've thought lost
that I'd throw away
I have found under the boxes
that I marked for a rainy day
but it ain't raining
there's none in sight

so I lay m burden night
on the coals tonight

baby, but I
I believe in you
it's what I
I was born to do

I've got the camouflage
you've got a line on me
my gun's in the garage
and you've got the spy like me (?)
we've got the tensions baby
we've got convictions baby

we've got the kerosene to dream
baby we dream
gonna lie back baby
till our bones bleach clean
wash our love in kerosene
we dream
gonna lie back baby
till our bones bleach clean
wash our love in kerosene

load up the wagons
with my old friends
drive them out beyond the city
let the burning begin
soak down the palace
with kerosene
its a liquid I've found useful
to cauterize my dreams

hey but I
I believe in you
its what I
I simply choose to do

you got the whole damn army
and I pass out when I bleed
you've got the carrot stick
and that seems to be the thing I need
we've got the courage baby
a sense of purpose baby
we've got the kerosene to dream
baby we dream
gonna lie back baby
till our bones bleach clean
and dream
we dream
gonna lie back baby
till our bones bleach clean
wash our love in kerosene
we dream
we dream
gonna lie back baby
till our bones bleach clean
wash our love in kerosene
we dream
yeah, we dream
gonna lie back baby
till our bones bleach clean
wash our love in kerosene
and dream

Transcribed from
5/14/02 Utopia Cafe, Colorado Springs, CO
by Patrick Sprowls