Better Days

Don't tell me about the nature of desire
I sit and watch you
Twisted, tangled in the wire
I'm on the road now
And you're glad to see me go
I guess you'll sit outside
And watch your flowers grow.

Oh, i never knew the rounds
I'd take for loving you.
I hope you're happy with your life
I guess you'll sleep along tonight.

I used to wonder
How you kept me down so long
I'm glad to say
That now i'm back where i belong.
I'm on the road now
And i'm wishing i was fast asleep
I thinking of the promises
You never seem to keep.

Oh, i never knew the rounds
I'd take for loving you.
I hope you're happy with your life
I guess you'll sleep along tonight.

Don't try and change my mind.
There's nothing left to say.
Yea you've been buying time
But now you're gonna pay.
So don't tell me
About the nature of desire
I sit and watch you
Twisted, tangled in the wire.
I'm on the road now
And i'm glad to see me go.
I guess i'll sit outside
And watch the flowers grow.

Oh, i never knew the rounds
I'd take for loving you.
I hope you're happy with your life
I guess you'll sleep along tonight.

I fell aslep about 12:30 last night
With the remote held in my hand
I drifted off and i could see the light
I was dreaming of the promised land

Oh i had a dream last night
But it's all a little foggy in my head
It was something about brotherhood
And love of all mankind
I spoke with an angel
But i can't remember what she said

You know as peple we are powerless
Yet we live our lives in any old way
Your people, my people,
We're all god's people,
And i don't guess it matters anyway

Oh i had a dream last night
But it's all a little foggy in my head
It was something about brotherhood
And love of all mankind
I spoke with an angel
But i can't remember what she said

I fell aslep about 12:30 last night
And i woke to the sound of the rounds of a .45
And as the ambulance pulled away
I heard a neighbor way,
"so young and so full of life."

Oh i had a dream last night
But it's all a little foggy in my head
It was something about brotherhood
And love of all mankind
I spoke with an angel
But i can't remember what she said

She seemed almost demented
As she frantically repented
For the crime in which she filled her empty bowl,
It was empty like her soul
She kneeled inside the confession booth,
And she told that holy man the truth
But the booth was empty,
Frozen black as coal,
It was damp and cold.

Where are you gonna run to now?
You lost what faith you had somehow
Your show is over,
It's time to take a bow
Where are you gonna run to now?

She spends her nights with lonely men
And she goes too far every now and then.
But it's her longest running show
And the oldest job around,
They say she's the best in town.

Where are you gonna run to now?
You lost what pride you had somehow
Your show is over,
It's time to take a bow
Where are you gonna run to now?

Now in 5 more years she'll be 23
And in a lot of ways she's just like me
She gives away her body,
I give away my soul.
We're always searching for life's treasures to unfold.
We give it all to you
Yet we have no pot of gold.

So where are we gonna run to now?
We lost what love we had somehow,
We're on this one way highway
Until the bitter end
But where are we gonna run to then?

Here i am
And once again i've come this far
For everywhere you go
You never know
You're right there where you are
I thought by now
You'd surely shoot a different line
Your tracks still on my back
But i'm feeling fine.
You're not the angel you make out to be
The road you think you're on
It blinds you tell me can you see
And did you ever make it clear for me
Fear for me
Did you shead a tear for me?

I see you
And hear the things you say you are
I see thru
We all do
But it's gotten you this far
What you do
And what you say
And what you feel
Is meaningless until
We all allow it to be real
You're running reckless
Rampant around in rage
You keep yourself so high
Your feet never touch the stage
And do you ever stop to think
About the mess you've made
Or do you wait until
You find a war wage

There you are
And once again
You'll never know where you are
You're never far from where you're gonna go
You know i thought by now
You'd stumble on to better things,
The thing is now
I don't know why you don't know what it means.

Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below;
Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors
Of silent desperation, never speakin' to a soul.
The poison air he's breathin' has the dirty smell of dying
'cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain.
But casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes
Of the clickin' of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains.

"oh!" she said, "casey it's been so long since i've seen you!"
"here" she said, "just a kiss to make a body smile!"
"see" she said, "i've put on new stockings just to please you!"
"lord!" she said, "casey can you only stay a while?"

Casey leaves the under-ground and stops inside the golden crown
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone.
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men
Who reach for any thing they can to keep from goin' home.
Standin' in the corner casey drinks his pint of bitter
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by
Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason
Is the beer that's in his belly, or the tear that's in his eye.

"oh!" she said, "i suppose you seldom think about me,
"now" she said, "now that you've a fam'ly of your own";
"still" she said, "it's so blessed good to feel your body!"
"lord!" she said" "casey it's a shame to be alone!"

A young man sits by the riversied
Watching the sunset over the blueridge
And the mountain lurel reminds
Him of his bride so he flings himself
Over the burning bridge

You and i together till we die
We dream of a place that we used to know
But we cannot go with you girl in this
Everchanging world living learning loving
You is all i have to know
All i have to know

It seems sometimes tha i've lost my
Way the sweet sweet sound of the
Lost and found makes my soul rise
And the nursery rhymes of my childhood
Days reminds me of a girl i used to
Know i used to love oh i used to love

You and i together till we die
Watching the sun set over the blueridge
And the mountain laurel she picks reminds
Her of a guy so she flings a bouquet
Over the burning bridge

You and i together till we die
We dream of a place that we used to know
But we cannot go with you girl in this
Everchanging world living learning loving
You is all i have to know
All i have to know