Broken Mandolin

Garage door's dented from delivery vans

This used to be a shop where you could turn in your tin cans

Now flowers grow up in the sidewalk

Like they can see and hear and talk the talk and walk the walk

Gave an earthy shining to the midday sun, stopped to grin

At the music he was playin' on his broken mandolin

Three dollars to five you've got to spend some real money

The prices keep goin' up, but they never get me where I'm going

Stocked up on old cigarettes

Neighborhood morning meets the day's regret

Gave an earthy shining to the midday sun, stopped to grin

At the music he was playin' on his broken mandolin

"Never stop dreaming" says the can of spray paint

I used to go to church on Sundays 'cause I love to hear them sing

Paint the walls with the blood of the Lamb

Don't know about all that killing - that's not who I am

Gave an earthy shining to the midday sun, stopped to grin

At the music he was playin' on his broken mandolin

I'm out here every day like a business man

It's a big ol' world, gonna run you as fast as it can

There are some things I've done I'd like to forget

There are some good things I'd like to do I haven't got to yet

Gave an earthy shining to the midday sun, stopped to grin

At the music he was playin' on his broken mandolin