Bruce Springsteen - Cautious Man lyrics

Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road
He walked lookin' over his shoulder and
Remained faithful to it's code
When something caught his eye
He'd measure his need
And then very carefully he'd proceed

Billy met a young girl in
The early days of May
It was there in her arms
He let his cautiousness slip away
In their lovers' twilight as the
Evening sky grew dim
He'd lay back in her arms and laugh
At what had happened to him

On his right hand
Billy'd tattooed the word "love" and on his
Left hand was the word "fear"
And in which hand he held
His fate was never clear come Indian summer
He took his young lover for his bride
And with his own hands built her a
Great house down by the riverside

Now Billy was an honest man
He wanted to do what was right
He worked hard to fill their lives
With happy days and loving night
Alone on his knees in the
Darkness for steadiness he'd pray
For he knew in a restless heart
The seed of betrayal lay

One night Billy awoke from a terrible
Dream callin' his wife's name
She lay breathing beside him in a
Peaceful sleep a thousand miles away
He got dressed in the moonlight and
Down to the highway he strode
When he got there
He didn't find nothing but road

Billy felt a coldness rise up inside
Him that he couldn't name
Just as the words tattooed 'cross his
Knuckles he knew would always remain
At their bedside
He brushed the hair from his wife's face as
The moon shone on her skin so white
Filling their room in the beauty
Of God's fallen light