Not Dark Yet

Shadows are falling and I've been here all day

It's too hot to sleep, time is running away

Feel like my soul has turned into steel

I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal

There's not even room enough to be anywhere

It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

My sense of humanity has gone down the drain

Behind every beautiful face, there's been some kind of pain

She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind

She put down in writing what was on her mind

I don't see why I should even care

It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Well, I've been to London and I've been to gay Paree

I've followed the river and got down to the sea

I've been down on the bottom of this world full of lies

I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes

Sometimes, my burdens, they are so hard to bear

It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

I was born here, I'll die here against my will

I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm only standing still

And every nerve in my body is so naked and numb

I don't even remember what it was I came here to get away from

Don't even hear the murmur of the prayer

It's not dark yet, but it's getting there