Wheel Well

The birds on my stoop, they don't know the words For the pain in my tooth, or for other birds The clouds they cut through on my way to work What can I do, and what's that worth? A name for all things, except for the cure To the sadness that sings, every night at your door Every door of every restless soul It's all we all know No peace, no calm, no coasting No there before the grace of God, go I We're all roped at the wrist, circle chains, her's and his As one goes so goes everybody else Around the wheel well, around the wheel well If the people you meet are mostly you in disguise Want what you want, something good in their lives Is that a socialist song, an invocation of Christ I guess It's whatever you like No peace, no calm, no coasting No there before the grace of God, go I We're all roped at the wrist, circle chains, her's and his As one goes so goes, everybody else Around the wheel well, around the wheel well You left your body fading on your couch And felt I just might make it up before I'm wasting underground So grieve your life spent hiding The hours no one ever hands it back What's the use? Who kept score? Medieval school yard tug of war No architect, we built the cage ourselves No peace, no calm, no coasting No there before the grace of God, go I We're all roped at the wrist, circle chains, her's and his As one goes so goes everybody else Around the wheel well, around the wheel well Around the wheel well, around the wheel well No one's alone or it's the one thing we are Beasts with big brains, computers with hearts Obsessed with control, or frightened and power starved It'll get you so far