Shades Of Two Worlds

End of the line
By g. allman, w. haynes, a. woody, and j. jaworowicz
(c) 1992 sony music entertainment, inc.

And now the gravity of trouble was more than i could bear,
At times my luck was so bad, i had to fold my hands,
Almost lost my soul, rarely i could find my head,
Wake up early in the morning, feeling nearly dead.

I was never afraid of danger, took trouble on the chin,
Mountains i have climbed, that have killed a thousand men,
Spent most of my lifetime downtown, sleepin' behind the wheel,
Never needed anybody, i was king of the hill.

[chorus:]
Oh, when i think about the old days,
Lord, it sends chills up and down my spine,
Yeah life ain't what it seems, on the boulevard of broken dreams,
Guess i opened my eyes in the nick of time,
'cause it sure felt like the end of the line.

No matter how hard i run, i just can't get away
I try to do my best, but the devil gets in my way
Spent most of my lifetime downtown, sleepin' behind the wheel
'till it all came down to kill or be killed

[chorus]

Transcribed by ed luskey
Nobody knows about what's going on,
With the world and the steel,
The flesh and the bone.
River keeps flowing and the grass still grows,
And the spirit keeps going, nobody knows.
Poets they come and the poets they go,
Politicians and preachers they all claim to know.
The words that are written and the melody's played,
As the years turn their pages, they all start to fade.
The oceans still move with the moon and the sky,
The grass still grows on the hillside.
Got to believe in believing,
Got to believe in a dream,
Freedom is ever deceiving,
Never turning out to be what it seems.
It's amazing how fast our lives go by,
Like the flash of the lightning or the blink of an eye.
We all fall in love, and we fall into life,
We look for the truth on the edge of a knife.
Heavens turn around the river still flows,
Spirit keeps going, nobody knows.
Words that are written and melody's played,
As the years turn their pages, it all start to fade.
Oceans still move with the moon and the sky,
The grass still grows on the hillside.
Got to believe in believing,
Got to believe in a dream,
Freedom is ever deceiving,
Never turning out to be what it seems.

Don't come around here no more,
Bringing me all of your bad rain.
Can't you see i've got troubles of my own.
I ain't got time to be messing with all of your bad rain,
Why in the world can't you just leave that stuff alone?
There was a time we had a good thing going on,
You and i both know the reason why it all went wrong.
Tried to stick by you, help you see it through,
But you used me all up, now you're on your own.
So, don't come around here no more,
Bringing me all of your bad rain.
Can't you see i've got troubles of my own.
I ain't got time to be messing with all of your bad rain,
Why in the world can't you just leave that stuff alone?
Well i tried and tried again, to be good to you,
But you won't a hear a word and i don't know what it's coming to.
Comes a time when you just have to turn and, walk away,
There's nothing left to do, nothing left to say.
So, don't come around here no more,
Bringing me all of your bad rain.
Can't you see i've got troubles of my own.
I ain't got time to be messing with all of your bad rain,
Why in the world can't you just leave that stuff alone?
I ain't someone to be preaching to nobody else,
Ain't going to try and pretend to be living that clean myself.
Can't stand by and watch you throw your life away,
But there's nothing left to do, nothing left to say.
So, don't come around here no more,
Bringing me all of your bad rain.
Can't you see i've got troubles of my own.
I ain't got time to be messing with all of your bad rain,
Why in the world can't you just leave that stuff alone?
Why in the world can't you just leave that stuff alone?

Transcribed by ed luskey
You better come on into my kitchen,
Cause it's sure to be raining outdoors.
When a woman's in trouble,
Everybody puts her down
She look for her good man,
Lord he can't be found.
You better come on
Into my kitchen,
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors.
There's a cold wind blowin',
Leaves tremblin' on the trees,
Don't you know that that good girl
Ya she's leaving me.
You better come on
Into my kitchen,
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors.
The woman i've been lovin'
Left with my best friend,
That joker got lucky,
Stole her back again.
You better come on
Into my kitchen,
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors.
Well that good girl's leaving,
She ain't coming back,
Took her last nickel from her notion sack
You better come on
Into my kitchen,
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors.
Mama's dead and gone,
Father's no wheres to be,
I ain't got nobody
To love and care for me.
You better come on
Into my kitchen,
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors.
Yes, it's going to be raining outdoors.
Yes, it's going to be raining outdoors.