State Houses by the River

State houses by the river

State houses by the sea

I don't remember the city

Does the city remember me?

I took what was owed me

I laid across my days

I don't see nothing coming

No matter what the government say

Some things are clear to me

Some things they will never be

Oh, see the clouds hanging up the mean across the sky

The ground fails and it's rolling, turning over so it can die

I knew that there were better times somewhere in the past

I tell you, friends, I've been looking

But better times won't ever last

Some things are clear to me

Some things they will never be

Who's the girl that was walking there calling out their names?

You got one thing to offer her, something other than your shame

So divvy up the change, boys, and get the glasses in

The city fields are drying up, the weed is looking thin

Some things are clear to me

Some things they will never be

Well, just wrap me up in the drowning light

On this land I'm here to sit

I may be way too tired to fight

But it ain't the same to quit

Wrap me up in the drowning light

On this land I'm here to sit

I may be way too tired to fight

But it ain't the same as waiting to quit