Many days I've traveled, but I know not where I'm going to   I'm lost, lost along the way   From Mexico to Paris, always the same solitary circle   In an empty cafe      Their faces were so empty, meaningless and negative to me   I could have died   The bodies and the strangers reflected in their glasses as they drank   Not seeing eye to eye      Ride easy my friends, this journey ends   Before it begins   Ride easy my friends, this story ends   Before it begins      Long dead winter, when I thought that spring would never come again   Melting the snow   Many days I've reveled, evenings through to mornings through to evenings   With nothing to show      Ride easy my friends, this journey ends   Before it begins   Ride easy my friends, this story ends   Before it begins, oh      Their faces were so empty, meaningless and negative to me   I could have died   The bodies and the strangers, reflected in their glasses as they drank   Not seeing eye to eye      Many days I've traveled, going 'round in social circles lost   Lost along the way   Many nights I've reveled, but I thought I saw the message in a bottle   And drifting away      Ride easy my friends, this journey ends   Before it begins   Ride easy my friends, this story ends   Before it begins