Oh, the city was changing   The cigarette hit the spot   Oh, a simple distraction   From to have and have not      And the radio went silent   And all our heroes had died   Now you can buy revolution   In any color or size      Standing on a corner watching people walk on   Thinking about a photograph   How so many people choose a lesser evil?   Living in the aftermath      Oh, she never got famous   She was the star in my life   'Til we drifted like runoff   Or two ships in the night      Standing on a corner watching people walk on   Thinking about a photograph   How so many people choose a lesser evil?   Living in the aftermath      Down a long hard road   Such a long hard road   To hold on and move on      And I hope she's happy   And I hope she's free   Somehow we choose our own destiny      From the eve of destruction   To the valley of tears   Before it all went to voice mail   And we rang in the year      And the midnight martyrs   Well, they still hang on the cross   You can die in the gutter baby   Or learn to live with the loss      Well, I've standing on a corner watching people walk on   Thinking about a photograph   How so many people choose a lesser evil?   Living in the aftermath      Well, I keep standing on a corner, everybody's talking   Remember when we used to laugh?   How so many people choose a lesser evil?   Never giving peace a chance      Down a long hard road   Such a long hard road   To hold on and move on      Down a long hard road   Such a long hard road   To hold on and move on, boys   To hold on and hold on till it's gone