I was waiting for the sun Then I walked on home alone What I didn't know Was he was waiting for you to fall So I never made amends For the sake of no
When you had a brief encounter With your fortune and your fame Well I stood beside and watched the fans that followed I saw you from a distance And
Pick up the pieces and pack up your mind You don't ask for what you have to find Many people rolling out to sea Let loose those floodgates that have
As I lay upon my bed, I begin dreaming Of how it's gonna be the day that I am free Once I settle like the dust upon the table But then you came along
Here comes the weather It's looking like another storm If all desire Would leave this tired boy alone Hopes haunt me like ghosts They point their fingers
He's only six years old That old killer died Put him down in a great big hole I fill it up all the time See the buildings rise up to the sky Parking
Baby, baby, baby I had to move along I took my bags, I took my car But it all went wrong Beneath the gloom I hear the sirens whine they sound so far
Anne Jane don't cry Your daddy be alright Anne Jane don't cry Your daddy be alright He's here with you How do I know I walk with him Supper will be
In the Baltimore daily newspaper Miracles really happen that way Now you know me much better than any And that is why I can call you my friend Call you
I'm in love with the girl I'm talking about I'm in love with a girl I can't live without I'm in love but I sure picked a bad time To be in love To be
Dear one, I had enough Killjoy lurking in the shadows I been sick and tired playing out my day in a dream Hurry up, hurry up it's late I'm dying in the
Where have all my friends gone They've all disappeared Turned around maybe one day You were all that was there Stood by unbelieving Stood by on my own
Gonna build a fire Lead the choir in my song As I climb the walls Walk the halls to be strong Once, it was around my schoolboy days New lines were drawn
Took a walk down Paramount (I've seen better days) Left behind a friend of mine (I've seen better days) Passed by a statue of Saint Augustine in prayer
God of the rich man ain't the God for the poor Autumn ending the state hospital's closed Then wouldn't you know Winos and office girls in the park Wanted
I just want to remember you The way you're standing there With that hurry home look in your eyes And flowers on the table Sometimes I see too much Sometimes
This crumpled dollar bill in my back pocket Reminds me I had twenty What somebody said to someone You'd think that worries him Laid out on the newsstands
They say you gave him up for dead Now there's a stranger in your head Yellow roses at your feet Disappear in a memory of a dream And like a flower in