Drivin in my Saab on my way to Ireland it s been a long time it s been a long time Drivin with my friends on my way to Ireland it s been a long time it s been a long time
So when I was out in the desert And a cowboy tried to lasso me He said your red and made of clay a virgin portrait I let him wake me but decided not to stay
Next in New York I fell out with a dragon Of the white collar kind but just as ferocious I remembered Macha running faster than the horses Then an encounter with a voice that caressed me
Wasn t it you who held off a surrender To one spoiled nun who taught you the names of the mountains on the moon and then a Jesuit proceeded to arrange your soul while I prayed on my knees