Sonny works the graveyard shift at the casket company   Banging nails to the tune of 250 a week, he never gets a paid holiday   He’s got a couple of hopes that he can’t afford   Eating at the back of his soul   When he climbs his way out of the ditches he digs   He falls right into another hole…         And the sun still rises   And the city decays   And if you listen real hard you can hear the sounds    of your dreams when they’re runnin’ away…         Eve looked like Elke Sommer did way back in ’63   She kicks the press all night in the old buckle factory   The day her husband left, he left her feeling like a fool   Now she shakes the pickup lines and breaks the picket lines   Just to put his damn kids through school         And the sun still rises    And it’s breaking her heart   And if you look real hard you can see the cracks    in your dreams when they’re falling apart…         and everybody knows…that’s just how it goes…         The first time Sonny saw her, tears were streaming down her face   It was the most beautiful thing that he’s ever seen in the heart of this goddamned place   With all her plans and his calloused hands   You know they’ve made a happy home   Now they’re trapped like rats in a sinking ship   But at least they’re not alone         And the sun still rises   And the city decays   And if you listen real hard you can hear the sounds    of your dreams when they’re running away…   And it’s okay.