Steve Earle - Back To The Wall Lyrics
Well sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feelingLike Im empty insideI know Im doin good now but tonight Im headed downtownDown by the riversideI sit underneath the freeway with an old friend from the old daysAnd a bottle of wineWell he used to call me big time, and he knew someday that Id shineSaid hed seen all the signsHe said . .Keep yourself to yourselfKeep your bedroll dryAnd boy you never can tellWhat the shadows hideKeep ene eve on the groundPick up whatever you findcause youve got no place to fallWhen your backs to the wallHes gettin old and its showin when I asked him how its goinHe said Ive seen better I guessIve been rained on, Ive been frozen, but this heres the life Ive chosenIf it just wasnt for the lonelinessNow this river suits me to a t. but if youre trying to raise a familyIt aint no place to beTheres a kid down by the dump there, ought to be in grade school somewhereNow he hangs out with meAnd I told him . . .Well we finished off the bottle and I told him,joe I think I ought toBe headed uptownWell it was late, and Id been drinkin, drivin home I got to thinkinbout whats been going downCause theyre nervous down on wall street, but theyre trying to keep it upbeatOr maybe they just dont careBut down at the river eyes are burnin cause they feel the tables turninSo if you wind up down there . . .
