Cowboy Junkies - Slipstream lyrics

It was easy To be bold In his slipstream Transformed From hand me down Tag along To brother Cuban missiles 90 miles 13 days Apocalypse with style In his slipstream Annihilation Was a firefly Clipped in the headlights Of a joy ride Buy an election Get the girl While the girls are gone Have more than one In his slipstream Cap a mobster Have a bombshell Moan Happy Birthday And the earth of his grave Has the scent of hubris That weighs On your conscience Out of his slipstream There is no shelter Fixed, dilated as A starlet’s eyes Out of the slipstream Her dream provides The future murdered With cameras rolling A moment caught in time That was not caught in time Trapped in the fallout Of the storm That Irish eyes Couldn’t charm Head in the mouth Of the Cold War tiger You had by the tail In the kitchen Of a hotel In California You as well Like your brother In your wife’s arms Bullet behind your eyes And it is easy To be bold Into starlight Transformed… “In my slipstream Tag along Brother…”