I'm the old man at the dance hall I'm the young man in his grave I'm the one you're gonna cry for When you find I've gone away There's a phone booth on
I left home on a southbound train One September in the pouring rain A midnight flyer and a girl named Lori Rose Mama said, son it won't last She'll be
I sat on the roof as the night came down Looking out over this pitiful town And thought of you out there Back in the race Looking for someone to take
Liven up, loose the chains It's hard to lie down in the driving rain I lost a job I thought I had My friends say, maybe that ain't so bad You gotta lose
Something about the way your eyes lately Look up and down and everywhere but me, yeah Something about tonight I know is missing And I know it's more than
Yeah, yeah, uh-huh Well I'm tired of the pressure So tired of the pace Just wanna grab you baby And get out of this place I got no chance of making it
Sitting on the back porch Everybody be damned Head in your hands, no particular plans But oh, so many thoughts and dreams unheard Words are nothing but
I've been holding back words And waiting for time 'Cause there's a lesson here somewhere I know it's mine And though I'll remember the promise we made
Dream town, no money down Young girls shine electric in the sun Mirror mirror, up in the sky Tell me, why should I be the lowly one Big splash, low on
Through the shadows, dark as shame I can still hear your voice falling down with the rain Washing memories from the trees 'Till this road's covered over
Save me from the dark of night I'm drifting like a satellite Miles from understanding Where this love will lead Heaven let your light fall down on me
I'll play guitar to make the rent And you can make our family three I might not make a million dollars But a million dollars won't make me I'm looking
I had a woman And she had a child It lasted one summer 'Till this young heart ran wild It seems there is nothing In this world that binds When you're
I left home on a southbound train One September in the pouring rain A midnight flyer and a girl named Lori Rose Mama said, "Son, it won't last She'll
Well I'm tired of losing you I'm so tired of losing you The way you come and go You must be wearing out your shoes Well I'm torn, torn in two, torn in
Why you wanna break me down Every time I come around? You've done all a woman can To make me feel like half a man But something in the sky above Oh,
Fields of patience Mountains of pain Innocence fell from this runaway train Planets of mercy Great skies of hope Send me an angel with a holy rope Daydreams
The earth was trembling on their wedding day The sun was cold, the sky was chrome They spoke their lines like actors in a play Changed their clothes and