I Told You I Couldn't Stop

In my mind's eye, a plantation

In the clearing is a platform station

In the distance is a kingdom

Into the front line is how I'm coming

They say in a war, all is fair

I'm headed to the field in spite of my condition

Whatever you thought

Whatever you thought

You know I told you I couldn't stop

I couldn't stop

Now, through the desert out to the sea

Weather-beaten through all four seasons

Now, there is love in my creation

I've come back for all the right reasons

That ain't your castle, you're not a queen

It isn't yours that you're so busy there protecting

Whatever you thought

Whatever you thought

You know I told you I couldn't stop

Whatever you thought

Whatever you thought

You know I told you I couldn't stop

I couldn't stop

All this beauty and sticky sweet

This knotty world is due for a good deed

Give me your poor, your tired huddled masses

Bring me the head of a mule and my glasses

Sing that lonesome high melody

I'll rumble yonder and brumble behind me

Whatever you thought

Whatever you thought

You know I told you I couldn't stop

Whatever you thought

Whatever you thought

You know I told you I couldn't stop

I couldn't stop

I couldn't stop

I couldn't stop