a bus stop waiting for a train
Exactly how I got here is hard to explain
My heart's in the right place,
what's left of it I guess
My heart ain't the problem,
it's my mind that's a total mess
With these rickety old legs
It's hard to believe that I could
You can't take 'em with you
ask someone who ought to know
were both hung out to dry
It ain't over yet, you can mark my word
I don't care what you think you heard,
we're still learning how to fly
For fools like me who were
Takes the right kind of woman
to help you put it all in place
It only happened once in my life,
but man you should have seen
Her hair two shades of foxtail red,
her eyes some far out sea blue green
I got caught up making a name for myself,
you know what that's about
One day your ship comes rolling in and
the next day it rolls right back out
granted none of this shit
The higher up you fly boys,
It ain't over yet, I'll say this about that
You can get up off the mat or
you can lay there till you die
here's the truth my friend
You can't pack it in and we both know why
Back when down on my luck
You were there with the right word to
help me crawl out of the maze
And when I almost convinced
myself I was hipper than thou
You stepped up with a warning shot
fired sweet and low across the bow
No you don't walk on water
But the way you move through this old world
sure makes a case for angel wings
I was halfway to the bottom
when you threw me that line
I quote you now verbatim,
"Get your head out of your own behind"
It ain't over yet, what you wanna bet
One more ci garette ain't
gonna send you to the grave
I've seen your new girlfriend
Thinks you're the liv ing end,
great big old sparkle in her eye
