I was walking around, just a face in the crowd   Trying to keep myself out of the rain   Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown   Wondered if I might end up the same   There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change   Everybody got their cross to bare, these days      She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams   To a motel room on the boulevard   I guess she's trying to be James Dean   She's seen all the disciples and all the wanna be's   No one wants to be themselves these days   Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days      These days - the stars seem out of reach   These days - there ain't a ladder on these streets   These days - are fast, love don't last in this graceless age   There ain't anybody left but us these days      Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly   From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes   His mamma said he was crazy - he said mamma "I've got to try"   Don't you know that all my heroes died   And I guess I'd rather die than fade away      These days - the stars seem out of reach   But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets   These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age   Even innocence has caught the midnight train   And there ain't anybody left but but us these days      I know Rome's still burning   Though the times have changed   This world keeps turning round and round and round and round   These days      These days - the stars seem out of reach   But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets   These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age   Even innocence has caught the midnight train   And there ain't anybody left but but us these days      These days - the stars seem out of reach   These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets   These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age   There ain't no time to waste   There ain't anybody left to take the blame   And there ain't anybody left but but us these days   There ain't anybody left but but us these days