Nothing but a heartache It's a fool's game It's a heartache Standing in the cold rain Then he let's you down Hits you when it's too late Hits you when you're down Nothing but a fool's game Feeling like a clown

I've dethroned the king of contradiction Or were you just a jester all along, a simple pawn? Don't you know you can't count your tears like your money Running down the drain You don't need to pray for me 'cause I'm not the one to blame I can't wait to

There ain't no brakeman on this train We had our chance, it slipped away Don't call my name Watch what you're doing now Staring down the double line We're flowing off behind I never see your face no more I left you standing on the shore We made mistakes

Love ain't for keeping Lay down beside me Layin' on my back In the newly mown grass Rain is coming down But I know the clouds will pass You bring me tea Say "the babe's a-sleepin'" Black ash from the foundry

Take it back Sweet revenge I got kicked off Noah's Ark I turn my cheek to unkind remarks There was two of everything But one of me And when the rains came tumbling down I held my breath and I stood my ground

I'm gonna bring it on home, now I'm gonna bring it on home to you I done bought my ticket, I got my load Conductor done hollered, "All, aboard" Take my seat and ride way back And watch this train move down the track I think about the good times I once

Ooh wee, ride me high Ohh, are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair? You ain't goin' nowhere Tomorrow's the day my man's gonna come Tomorrow's the day, my man's gonna come Clouds so swift, rain won't lift Gate won't close, the railings froze Get your mind

Somebody have mercy And tell me what is wrong with me When I think about how she do me, The tears fall down like rain, like rain I'm goin' down to the bus station With a suitcase in my hand, yes I am With a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes I am Sometimes

I will hold on hope Rain down, rain down on me Oh I will hold on I will hold on Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds Spare me your judgments and spare me your dreams 'Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams I sit alone in this winter

Sometimes we only live for the here and now. Sometimes we're lonely. Sometimes we feel we need a place to be grounded, Or fly away again. I will fly away again. I feel rain pouring down. I wait to rot away, live again, here forever, the spiral never