[01:31.343]I was walking around
[01:33.212]just a face in the crowd
[01:35.331]Trying to keep myself out of the rain
[01:39.050]Saw a vagabond king wear a Styrofoam crown
[01:42.771]Wondered if I might end up the same
[01:46.756]There's a man out on the corner
[01:50.470]Singing old songs about change
[01:54.995]Everybody's got their cross to bear,these days
[02:01.363]She came looking for some shelter
[02:05.085]with a suitcase full of dreams
[02:08.811]To a motel room on the boulevard
[02:12.250]I guess she's trying to be James Dean
[02:15.976]She's seen all the disciples and all the wanna be's
[02:23.360]No one wants to be themselves these days
[02:30.292]Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
[02:37.462]These days,the stars seem out of reach
[02:44.632]These days,there ain't a ladder on the streets
[02:51.803]These days are fast,nothing lasts in this graceless age
[02:58.709]There ain't nobody left but us these days
[03:05.354]Jimmy Shoes busted both his legs
[03:09.284]trying to learn to fly
[03:12.999]From a second story window
[03:15.926]he just jumped and closed his eyes
[03:20.195]His momma said he was crazy
[03:23.644]he said, "Momma, I've gotta try
[03:28.954]don't you know that all my heroes died
[03:34.530]And I guess I'd rather die than fade away."
[03:41.442]These days,the stars seem out of reach
[03:48.607]But these days,there ain't a ladder on the streets
[03:55.790]These days are fast,nothing lasts in this graceless age
[04:02.949]Even innocence has caught the midnight train
[04:10.137]And there ain't nobody left but us these days
[04:25.052]I know Rome's still burning
[04:28.504]Though the times have changed
[04:31.963]This world keeps turning round and round···these days
[05:05.168]These days,the stars seem out of reach
[05:12.348]But these days,there ain't a ladder on the streets
[05:19.541]These days are fast,love don't last in this graceless age
[05:26.438]Even innocence has caught the midnight train

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's got their cross to bear,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 the streets
These days are fast,nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain't nobody 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 momma said he was crazy
he said, "Momma, I've gotta 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 nobody left but us these days
I know Rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning 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,love don't last in this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train