Lyrics

Your Arms, Your Legs, Your Back
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP

“In another time”, she thought, “I could have been a lady”
Out here in the desert she’s just lonely and afraid
The curtains blow in the wind through the open window
She lays on her back with her eyes closed

“There’s a box for you and you know it
There’s a place for you and they’ll find it
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back to make you fit
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back”

In the distance a car door slams
And heavy boots on rocks and sand
The approach is never quite what you expect
This last wave to wash the driftwood to your steps
“Come home, come home”, she’d always say
But he was so small in her mind’s eye
He’d always put it off just one more day
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said goodbye
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said:

“There’s a box for you and you know it
There’s a place for you and they’ll find it
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back to make you fit
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back”

The curtains blow in the wind through the open window
She wished to God that he’d never have to go
But he’ll never fit for long in the box that’s been prepared
It’s like a coffin, with a lid, even when it’s shared
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said goodbye
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said:

There’s a box for you and you know it
There’s a place for you and they’ll find it
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back to make you fit
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back