What Good

Make amends Tell your childhood friend they were something to you 'Cuz it gets dark And when it's all dark You're gon' wish for a light or two No we don't talk like we used to do In the meadows of our youth But you're a part of the last good truth 'Fo this yellow took my tooth Time like a howling jet plane Taking off for good I'm but a passenger, I never said I understood What good does a flyin' do, what good Here I am Standing at the edge of this wooden pier And through this fog At the waterfront docks See the ship sails disappear Yes it is gone to another shore Where the sky's shiny blue and clear But is it wrong to expect return At the end of a troubled year Time like a smokin' steamboat Takin' off fo' good I'm but a passenger, I never said I understood What good does a sailin' do, what good What good, what good What good does a flyin' do, what good Rocky road Must I pay a toll every time I ride Cuz' all your streetlights lead me Somewhere beneath the county line And the song on the radio Well it's cutting in an' out And not long 'til my engine blows Still my vessel's breaking down Time like a racing speed car Takin' off fo' good I'm but a passenger, I never said I understood What good does a drivin' do, what good What good, what good What good does a sailin' do, what good What good, what good What good does a flyin' do, wah