Suite At The Mission

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: David Nelson

A Hunter/Nelson song first played by the New Riders of the Purple Sage in 2009, and then also by the David Nelson Band. Thanks to Eugene Baran for help with the lyrics.

We both know this light is ugly
We both know that time is money
We both know that a naked bulb
Can only be so friendly

And since it shines in both our eyes
Don't try to act too wise
'Cause it's too bright for visions now
Mystical or otherwise

I got a suite at the mission
And I lived to tell
Got a suite at the mission
And I hope you do as well
Got a suite at the mission
It's much cleaner than hell
Got a suite at the mission
And I lived to tell

Across the two-lane black tar (note 1)
Lies the end of the world
There's guns in every window
With trigger fingers curled

And I've been walking, smoking
He's got some skin disease
Makes him break out in tattoos
Every time I sneeze

Got a suite at the mission
And I lived to tell
Got a suite at the mission
And I hope you do as well
Got a suite at the mission
It's much cleaner than hell
Got a suite at the mission
And I lived to tell

Stand by me till I bolt
This final Irish coffee, then
Then I'm out into the cold
No, you won't see me again

But listen for my voices
The ones that never die
Well you just can't avoid them
No, it's senseless to try

I got a suite at the mission
And I lived to tell
Got a suite at the mission
And I hope you do as well
Got a suite at the mission
It's much cleaner than hell
Got a suite at the mission
And I lived to tell

I got a suite at the mission
And I lived to tell