Hometown, the same town blues   Same old walls closing in   Oh what a life a mess can be   I'm sitting here thinking of you    Won't you give a few thoughts to me?      Well time won't wait, better open the gate    Get out and start, it needs to be done   It's winding down, there's much you miss   Working on that graveyard shift      But I'm not saying things won't go wrong as each day comes along   If what I see is true I could learn to believe   Can't look away   The powers that be might take it all away   Together we'll burn, together we'll burn it away      Some say land of paradise   Some say land of pain   Well, which side are you looking from?   Some people have it all   And some have it all to gain      Well a man in a tie'll bum your dime   Before he'll break his twenty dollar bill   There's plenty of reasons in this world   For movin' along or standing still      But I'm not saying things won't go wrong as each day comes along   If what I see is true I could learn to believe   Can't look away   The powers that be might take it all away   Together we'll burn, together we'll burn it away      There's too much time spent looking for a reason   Seems the simple ones beat the most truth   Oh, what a life a mess can be   I'm sitting here thinking of you   Won't you give a few thoughts to me?      Well, time won't wait, better open the gate    Get out and start, it needs to be done   It's winding down, there's much you miss   Working on that graveyard shift      But I'm not saying things won't go wrong as the day comes along   If what I see is true I could learn to believe   Can't look away   The powers that be might take it all away   Together we'll burn, together we'll burn it away