| I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
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| Trying to keep myself out of the rain
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| Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
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| Wondered if I might end up the same
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| There’s a man out on the corner
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| Singing old songs about change
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| Everybody got their cross to bare these days
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| She came looking for some shelter
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| With a suitcase full of dreams
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| To a motel room on the boulevard
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| I guess she’s trying to be James Dean
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| She’s seen all the disciples
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| And all the wannabes
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| No one wants to be themselves these days
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| Still there’s nothing to hold on to but these days
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| These days, the stars seem out of reach
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| These days, there ain’t a ladder on the streets
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| These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
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| There ain’t nobody left but us these days
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| Jimmy Shoes, he busted both his legs
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| Trying to learn to fly
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| From a second story window
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| He just jumped and closed his eyes
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| His momma said he was crazy
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| He said, «Momma, i’ve got to try
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| Don’t you know that all my heroes died?
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| And I guess I’d rather die than f-f-fade away», yeah
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| These days, the stars seem out of reach, yeah
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| These days, there ain’t a ladder on the streets, oh no no
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| These days are fast, nothing lasts, it’s a graceless age
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| Even innocence has caught the midnight train
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| There ain’t nobody left but us these days
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| (Whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh) I know Rome’s still burning
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| (Whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh) Though the times have changed
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| (Whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh) This world keeps turning round and round and round and
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| round these days
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| These days, the stars seem out of reach, yeah
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| These days, there ain’t a ladder on the streets, oh no no
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| These days are fast, love don’t last, it’s a graceless age
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| Even innocence has caught the midnight train
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| These days, the stars seem out of reach, yeah
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| These days, there ain’t a ladder on the streets, oh no no
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| These days are fast, nothing lasts, there ain’t no time to waste
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| There ain’t nobody left to take the blame
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| Oh no no no, ain’t nobody left but us these days
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| Ain’t nobody left but us these days |