I COULD TELL
HE HAD A TOUGH LIFE
BY THE WAY
HE SAT AND STARED
AND ME I'D COME
TO PUSH AND SHOVE
SO I PULLED
UP A CHAIR
WE TALKED OF
ROADS UNTRAVELED
WE TALKED
OF LOVE UNTRUE
OF STRINGS
THAT COME UNRAVELED
WE WERE KINGS
AND KINDRED FOOLS
AND JUST WHEN
I HIT BOTTOM
THAT OLD MAN
RAISED HIS GLASS
AND SAID AT LEAST
WE'VE HAD
OUR CHANCES
THERE'S THOSE
WHO NEVER HAVE
SO HERE'S
TO ALL THE SOLDIERS
WHO HAVE EVER
DIED IN VAIN
THE INSANE
LOCKED UP
IN THEMSELVES
THE HOMELESS
DOWN ON MAIN
TO THOSE WHO STAND
ON EMPTY SHORES
AND SPIT AGAINST
THE WIND
AND THOSE
WHO WAIT FOREVER
FOR SHIPS
THAT DON'T COME IN
4 BAR
BREAK
HE SAID IT'S ONLY
LIFE'S ILLUSIONS
THAT BRING US
TO THIS BAR
TO PICK UP
THESE OLD CRUTCHES
AND COMPARE
EACH OTHER'S SCARS
CAUSE THE THINGS
WE'RE CALLING
HEARTACHES
THEY'RE HARDLY
WORTH OUR TIME
WE BITCH ABOUT
A DOLLAR
WHEN THERE'S THOSE
WITHOUT A DIME
AND AS HE ORDERED
ONE LAST ROUND
HE SAID
I GUESS WE
CAN'T COMPLAIN
GOD MADE LIFE
A GAMBLE
AND WE'RE STILL
IN THE GAME
SO HERE'S
TO ALL THE SOLDIERS
WHO HAVE EVER
DIED IN VAIN
THE INSANE
LOCKED UP
IN THEMSELVES
THE HOMELESS
DOWN ON MAIN
TO THOSE WHO STAND
ON EMPTY SHORES
AND SPIT AGAINST
THE WIND
AND THOSE
WHO WAIT FOREVER
FOR SHIPS
THAT DON'T COME IN
AND THOSE
WHO WAIT FOREVER
FOR SHIPS
THAT DON'T COME IN