I was walking around, just a face in the crowdTrying to keep myself out of the rainSaw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crownWondered if I might end up the sameThere’s a man out on the corner, singing old songs about changeEverybody got their cross to bare, these daysShe came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreamsTo a motel room on the boulevardI guess she’s trying to be James DeanShe’s seen all the disciples and all the wanna be’sNo one wants to be themselves these daysStill there’s nothing to hold on to but these daysThese days – the stars seem out of reachThese days – there ain’t a ladder on these streetsThese days – are fast, love don’t last in this graceless ageThere ain’t anybody left but but us these daysJimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to flyFrom a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyesHis mamma said he was crazy – he said mamma “I’ve got to try”Don’t you know that all my heroes diedAnd I guess I’d rather die than fade awayThese days – the stars seem out of reachBut these days – there ain’t a ladder on the streetsThese days – are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless ageEven innocence has caught the midnight trainAnd there ain’t anybody left but but us these daysI know Rome’s still burningThough the times have changedThis world keeps turning round and round and round and roundThese daysThese days – the stars seem out of reachBut these days – there ain’t a ladder on the streetsThese days – are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless ageEven innocence has caught the midnight trainAnd there ain’t anybody left but but us these daysThese days – the stars seem out of reachThese days – there ain’t a ladder on the streetsThese days – are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless ageThere ain’t no time to wasteThere ain’t anybody left to take the blameAnd there ain’t anybody left but but us these days
There ain’t anybody left but but us these days