Left us wonderin' what it all was about And my paradigm shifted, man you're making me shout Hey, from here from out Friends are gonna be hard to come by He had it easy, man he chose the hard way Walk that old, lonely road in the shadow of a doubt A

And the drums are going a rap a tap tap And the fifes they loudly play Fare you well polly my dear I must be going away Wrapped up in a soldier's cloak If anyone comes a courting you, It's of a gentleman soldier As sentry he did stand He saluted a fair

I think that she knows Those flashing lights come from everywhere She's got me love stoned The way they hit her I have to stop and stare Man, I swear she's bad, and she knows The way they hit her I just stop and stare I think that she knows, think that

Since you've been gone And you needed to come home (Since you've been gone) And you needed me all along There's nowhere to go so just stay with me 'Cause since you've been gone, I've been begging you please To tell me you're not alright To tell me you're

Livin', lovin', she's just a woman Come on, babe on the round about, ride on the merry-go-round We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat Missus cool rides out in her aged Cadillac

On streets we call the zoo We eat the night, we drink the time Make our dreams come true And hungry eyes are passing by The job is done and I go out Another boring day I leave it all behind me now So many worlds away I meet my girl, she's dressed to kill

But you try, don't you? You try, don't you? Just wanna die, don't you, when she runs? You can't make a woman sleep alone You can't tell her nothing she don't know Take a year and go back home Where the wind comes sweeping through the plains You ain't

sun lights up the sky hummingbirds fly everything must change and mysteries do unfold for that's the way of time no one, and nothing goes unchanged there are not many things in life one can be sure of except rain comes from the clouds rain comes from the

Comes with some holes and dents Where I got tired of his shit Call if your interested, trailer for rent I left the beans on I put my jeans on And drove down to the Jonesville News and Times I said to the man I need to place an ad How much will it be for

This isn't me any more, I need something to believe in If you think you've seen the last of me The flat line has come and gone But won't take me away I'm tortured By this dream I've manufactured From the inside out but it makes me stronger