It's pretty good, the wine   The way that we look   At ten to eight in the morning   Yeah, just talkin'   Still awake in dawn and dew drinkin'   Thinkin' always      Rememberin' the laughs, the time we got high   For seven days down in New Orleans   And it seemed like no one else knew   We were just the moon and sun      In fog before the heat burned it away   And took the sleep from tired heads   On beds of reachin' hands   Road trip, breath and long tall freedom      Then you long for the days   Trippin' down the long road   Just reading' the signs   That show you the way      To higher place, you meditate   To feel the quiet of the earth   Yeah, that was back when we used to be alright      Another shame the way the city smells worse   On a hot day in August, 2 PM   Right before us good movers move   And the shakers break our hearts      Get home to country love   And the garbage dump by   The dried up creek near the forest   That once had a life   And then it turn on the news   Somebody shoot me soon      I'm tired of overheatin'   Fallin' quick to bending knees and broken veins   Of always needin' faith to get to shore   And break all the vows, I've made      Then you long for the days   Trippin' down the long road   Just readin' the signs   That show you the way   To higher place, you meditate   To feel the quiet of the earth   Yeah, that was back when we used to be alright      No time or presence of mind   To wonder why no time for questions   Of why? I wonder why something's wrong?   Again the noise shakes the ground   There's a rage in the crowd   I'm a face in the crowd, face in the crowd   Face in the crowd      What's your name?   You're sinkin' in the sand   Standin' next to me   A river runnin' through your pants   Afraid to trust me when my hands   Are helpin' you      Then you long for the days   Trippin' down the long road   Just readin' the signs   That show you the way   To higher place, you meditate   To feel the quiet of the earth   Yeah, that was back when we used to be alright      Alright, back when the truth was the way   And the [Incomprehensible]   He used to be alright