In the whiskey hours, I sit mourning   But the morning brings no consolation   Sun is rising, sky is yawning   The new day brings no celebration      No celebration   Reminds me life is hard   Here in my back yard      And I lie awake and I stare at the sky   And my life passes by   And I lie here suffering, wondering   How long, how long      In a sea of silence, I lay wondering   But with it comes no real solution   Dreams die young in this world of violence   Just to be betrayed by revolution, revolution   Still my life is hard here in my back yard      And I lie awake and I stare at the sky   As my life passes by   And I lie here suffering, wondering   How long, how long      We are only the beginning here   None of us will reach the end   So hold me close like an angel   With your breath draw me in      Feel me swim through your bloodstream   Hear my voice, soft but clear   After today things will never be the same   I'm sorry for you, my dear      In a world of darkness   We are surrounded, surrounded by eternity   We reach out but no love abounds us   Guess we traded it for sanity   Still my life is hard here in my back yard      And I lie awake and I stare at the sky   And my life passes by   And I lie here suffering, wondering   How long, how long      In the whiskey hours, I sit mourning   But the morning brings no consolation   Sun is rising, sky is yawning   But the new day brings no celebration