All Nighter

Gypsies, winos, people that I know All came together today Church bells were swingin', old friends were singin' Song that didn't have much to say Down in the valley and up on the mountain California to Washington Square Dressed up and geared up, we're not gonna tear up Today you were everywhere Some days are high, that's how it goes Sometimes you just gotta run with the lows Keep 'em all tight and close by your side We are only here for a very short time Drink up you losers, poets and movers The night is upon us again It's our turn to get some, don't make him feel lonesome Make him think he'll always win Posers and pirates on the coattails of giants Couldn't rhyme their way out of a bag It was our job to brand it so the plastic and bandits Had their very own reason to brag Some days are high, that's how it goes Sometimes you just gotta run with the lows Keep 'em all tight and close by your side We are only here for a very short time High times and lowlifes, together they're just right That's where you ought to be Make room for the gifted, you'll soon be uplifted If the music is loose and it's free Smoke if you wanna 'cause we're all gonna Leave your shoes at the top of the stairs It's an all-nighter, not a nail biter Tonight ain't nobody care Some days are high, that's how it goes Sometimes you just gotta run with the lows Keep 'em all tight and close by your side We are only here for a very short time Today it's hanging heavy over me Up above, chained to my feet Was it something that she said that sealed the deal Was it a lie or was it real? Sometimes words cause a lot of pain No words at all do the same I told 'em all that I was done with you Then you came back, brand spankin' new You can blame me for runnin' away I was just a kid lookin' for a better day There were demons poundin', knockin' at our doors Nowadays, they don't knock no more I said some things that were heavy on my mind Seemed like the thing at the time It's always been a town that I could lose Dragged me down, gave me the blues For summer you've a brand new place to start Over again, what was torn about This ain't like we were scattered everywhere Beggin', prayin' for someone that would care He was chasin' down a love that's dead and gone For all of us, tell me how that's wrong Two sides to everything, I am told One is one, the other side is cold It's been so long that I don't even care There's much more now than we can share They hit the ground long after it was quits They missed the worst, but you're missing this The universe and all that it contains Could blow to hell and this love would stay The ones that wonder why we drive so far That you have to fall asleep in the car I know that they will understand someday All in time In their own way Today it's hanging heavy over me Why, I don't know, I just can't see I think it's time to finally clear the mud 'Cause time is short, and blood is blood