T Bone Burnett - It Only Takes One Shot lyrics

My bed is now a cylinder of steel Cold and hard and shiny To match the way I feel The dust in here is like a burning wind Black as coal and thunder Dark as all my sins I took it for a long, long time And a woman can take a lot Two can be undone by three But it only takes one shot You were there To see me beg and kneel What kind of man would ask me then If he could make a deal? When lovers of the future read these lines A sound of steel and thunder Will echo in their minds I took it for a long, long time And a woman can take a lot Two can be undone by three But it only takes one shot I took it for a long, long time And a woman can take a lot Two can be undone by three But it only takes one shot Ashes become speed And turn to blood It's strange to see How sharp and clean The things that come from love