Incarcerated, tarmac-bound
The tape hiss in my head's too loud
And every second doorway says
'Hey buddy come on in'
Well another failure wears you down
But she still drags my heart around
You gotta love the way light brigade
Backed second place to win
And as the cavalry charges in
It makes a whole, new, great case for breathing
Fathers know what life's about
To never live their greatness out
And in between the sheets
This buck gets shunted down the line
For every one that's lost his head
Some other half-wit strives instead
To lose his aspirations in the colour of her eyes
(They're like the jewels of heaven's sky!)
Come one and all to the grounding of sailors
An untroubled ride, golden slumbers of men divine
Deep into the night. Each time this odyssey loses height
I've got a double who kicks inside
Up here in my ivory tower
I condescended to look down
And I yelled in my defense why I sing cemetery blues
Because if Hollywood's what the world expects
It matters not what I do next
But if there's always someone else out there who's crippled more than you
You'll never know what good you'll do
So what's it all for?
As we exit this mental ward
You know whatever old man's face you wear will cry
Damn! I wish I could have been them all.

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