Hometown, same town blues same old walls closin' in

Oh what a life a mess can be

I'm sittin' here thinkin' of you, won't you give

A few thoughts to me



Well, time won't wait, better open the gate

Get up and start what needs to be done

It's windin' down, there's much you missed

Workin' on that graveyard shift



Well, I'm not sayin' there's nothin' wrong as the day comes along

What I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away, powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away



Some say a land of paradise

Some say a land of pain

Well, which side are you lookin' from

Some people have it all and some wanna gain



Well a man in a tie gonna

Break his twenty dollar bill

There's plenty of reasons in this world

Move along or stand and still



But I'm not sayin' there's nothin' wrong as the day comes along

What I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away, powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away



There's too much time spent looking for a reason

It's the simple ones that beat the most truth

Oh, what a life a mess can be, I'm sittin' here thinkin' of you

Won't you give a few thoughts to me?



Well, time won't wait, better open the gate

Get up and start what needs to be done

It's runnin' down, there's much you missed

Workin' on that graveyard shift



But I'm not sayin' there's nothin' wrong as the day comes along

What I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away, powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away