Starting All the Dogs Off

[Verse 1]
I'm a one-light knight on a highway
I move faster with every hour
I got hair on the back of my neck that stands and prances like a tiger
I see God in the arid sky right before the day breaks
I'm raised from bones and stiff lament
With a steel frame
I follow snakes through iced mountains
I don't stop for no man, woman, or child
We ride mirages and wet horizons
And all the voices in the churches, they singing lullabies
We watch florid suns rise through sleepless eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
And we run between the legs of captive stock
By a campfire
In between the legs of captive stock
By a campfire

[Chorus]
And I'm startin' all the dogs off
Yeah, hoo

[Verse 2]
You're a black flame standing in the wind on my highway
You got six legs and a punch that could kill a donkey
You got eyes blacker than the back door into heaven
And my boots scrape like the faces on pavement
Lean against the black velvet and embrace the threats of death
Open the door to the garden and let loved ones in
I dance with false dreams and with figures of light

[Pre-Chorus]
And smile through gritted teeth
And I smile through gritted teeth
And I smile through gritted teeth
Yeah

[Chorus]
And I'm startin' all the dogs off
Oh
Oh

[Verse 3]
I've come from night from dead stars with a terrible speed
I reside in the marsh and the oily gallows that suck against your knees
I'm barkin' for a lark, bark, bark
I'm barkin' for a lark, bark, bark
All the pistons in my chest pump hard for you
Swallow back kerosene dreams, watch eyes boil over
Lick thick black tarmacs, stand poised in a dance to the dead road
Release your heavy load, ah
Release your heavy load

[Chorus]
And I'm startin' all the dogs off, yeah
And I'm startin' all the dogs now
And I'm startin' all the dogs off, yeah
And I'm startin' all the dogs now

[Outro]
Startin' all the dogs off