Black coffee and a shot of JackIn the cup holderA chip the size of the moonOn his shoulderHis foot down hardOn the floor of his pickup truckDriving through the nightTo anywhere with better luck She gave the best yearsOf her life to that loserRegretting the very momentHe would see her and choose herShe knows she […]
The photographs are fadedThe people are long goneFrom the windy English beachesFamily weddings and so onWe try to freeze the momentsBut they’re not what they seemThey drift from being realTo feeling like a dream I remember the carsI remember the clothes (and the girl)I remember lifeIn a black and white world TVs the size of […]
Call me a loser I’ve heard it all before You’re no better than that wolf Howling at my door Oh I…I know you’re there But I just don’t care Say what you will They’re only words I raise my hands and they Scatter like birds Oh I…I know you’re there But I just don’t care […]
Looking at life Through the bottom of a glass The painless way To help time pass More behind me than what lies ahead Nothing to say that’s not been said No fear of death when you’re already dead And just looking at life Looking at life Where I used to live it Whatever you want […]
Like lonely pioneers In the human zoo We tried to find the limits Of this thing called me and you Were we just repeating The same old midnight lies The same old sordid story I love you implies Such a shame to see It never came to be Tell me are there times When you […]
Did someone buy you flowers On Valentine’s Day Did someone say I love you Then just walk away It wasn’t me but I apologize For all the games we play In the beautiful…the beautiful prison In the beautiful…the beautiful prison Were you told the path was easy Looking like you do Were you told the […]
Darkness steals all signs of light Days give in to endless night Sadness spreads like wild flowers And we find ourselves here In the empty hours Nobody said it would go so fast Seems that life is not designed to last From dirty streets to ivory towers We find ourselves here In the empty hours […]
You walk a mile in another man’s shoes When the money runs out Every song you sing It sounds like the blues When the money runs out Reality hits but it doesn’t hurt No one knows what you’re laughing about When the money runs out You think of how it used to be When the […]
I’m tired I can’t tell you all the pain that I feel All I know (All I know) Is this pain is real I’m learning Learning all the world’s give and takes All I know (All I know) Is I made mistakes Oh I’ll never Learn what makes this world go round All I know […]
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