A Fix Back East

It's hard to know, harder to accept

The pain that we've caused

And the sea for all our regret

Will never ease the loss

Nightfall, memory returns

I trace each hour that's passed

Forsaken love, call my name and claim me

As their own at last

I need a world that's turning

I need a world that's burning

I need a world, not fade away

Threw my troubles overboard

They sank beneath the waves

Somewhere, forever, far from the shore

They're sleeping in their graves

Can't stand the surprise, seen the world through your eyes

There's a lion living with a beast

My heart's exploding, I'm expecting less

There's a fix on me in the east

I need a world that's turning

I need a world that's burning

I need a world, not fade away

Phone rings twice, I pick it up

He says, "Is she there now?"

"Who's this?" I ask, he says, "I think you know"

I hang up, she's gone anyhow

Outside, the air is sweet, water so still

Honeysuckle on the vine

People say there's a heaven somewhere

I know I'll make it mine

I need a world that's turning

I need a world that's burning

I need a world, not fade away