[00:04.710]See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans
[00:10.160]Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
[00:15.210]Once he had a future full of money love and dreams
[00:20.500]Which he spent like they was going out of style
[00:25.070]And he keeps right on a changin' for the better or the worse
[00:30.870]And searchin' for a shrine he's never found
[00:35.790]Never knowing if believin' is a blessin' or a curse
[00:41.170]Or if the going up is worth to coming down
[00:46.040]He's a poet he's a picker he's a prophet he's a pusher
[00:51.330]He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he's stoned
[00:56.200]He's a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction
[01:01.330]Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home
[01:12.480]He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars
[01:17.790]And he's traded in tomorrow for today
[01:23.270]Runnin' from the devils Lord and reachin' for the stars
[01:28.210]And losin' all he loved along the way
[01:32.940]But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse
[01:37.880]And all he ever gets is older and around
[01:41.870]From the rocking of the cradle to the rolling of the hearse
[01:48.110]The going up was worth the coming down
[01:52.730]He's a poet he's a picker he's a prophet he's a pusher
[01:57.900]He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he's stoned
[02:02.770]He's a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction
[02:07.890]Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home
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