Coughing Up Blood

Go back to the devil String of veins all through the treetops Summertime, airplane crash Empty my arms of all that pollutes me I'm a comet, I'm a flash Bloody leaves should get some reaction Sympathy for me from the people I love Flowers and cards to salute me I'm a snowflake, I'm a dove And I become the cancer I become the volcanic ash I come the sheets of red hot hail The streets and the blood of my past Up comes the angel of mercy Up comes the children of peace From all the cities I've swallowed I shall be released Ring of fire, bring my destruction Ring of fire, do nothing at all Ring of fire, deliver me back home Go on Maxi, get your ball And I become the cancer I become the volcanic ash I come the sheets of red hot hail The streets and the blood of my past Up comes the angel of mercy Up comes the children of peace From all the cities I've swallowed I shall be released It says "St. Louis, the Gateway to the West" Painted on a roadside barn We pull it off into a parking lot Next to a frozen farm Then having coffee in a truck stop john One of us is still waiting to pay Then we're on our way