Somewhere in the Middle

Couldn't ever dawned on me All the things that I would be I I never really looked out quite that far It's never been a simple thing To see the world with a young man's brain With an old man's heart, restless soul Yeah, my family went broke my 18 year Dad took a job many miles from here that That was alright by me I was on my own I had a band, found a job, life was alright I worked when I had to we played all the time Only, got through that first year of college alright But I learned more on the freight docks Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock a.m. shift In the winter time, man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending bar at night Treatin' saints and sinners right It's a good thing to do all the time You never know who you're talkin' to But always know who's watching you Keep your feet movin' straight down the line I've known a lot of real good men Grad school or no school I've called 'em my friends, I'm I'm somewhere in the middle and that's just fine No, I don't give a damn how much money you make If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take, I'm Well, I'm goin' out with nothin' like I came in 'Cause I learned more on the freight docks Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock a.m. shift In the winter time man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending bar at night Treatin' saints and sinners right It's a good thing to do all the time You never know who you're talkin' to But always know who's watching you Keep your feet movin' straight down the line But I learned more on the freight docks Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock a.m. shift In the winter time man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending bar at night Treatin' saints and sinners right It's a good thing to do all the time You never know who you're talkin' to But always know who's watching you Keep your feet movin' straight down the line Yeah, somewhere in the middle is just fine Yeah, somewhere in the middle is just fine