I've been called the boy who cried wolf   Thinking it was love when it was just my glass half full   I jumped in some nearly empty pool   Hung around in dry fountains until I felt your pull   You washed this stinging from my hands   And I danced into your trance in the burning of autumn sand   Baby, I swear I'm on the path   Babe, I swear I'm on the path      I drove to the coast with my two favorite women   And then I prayed in tuxedo pants, I waited for my baptism   Held a conch shell up and listened   And I stared into his cup until I felt my prison shifting   Babe, I finally understand   Babe, I finally understand      Best friends and whip shine (?) reserve   She said, Go on out west.   You're running with the blizzard.   She held the hearse cords in her hand.   Like a pyramid in the promised land      Babe, I swear I understand.   Babe, I finally understand.   Babe, I finally understand.   Babe, I finally understand.