Tired Lonesome Stranger
I eased my eyes wide open
As the day had already started
My uneasy mind is stranded
Lingering effects from last night’s last call
The nights are hard to handle
And the pills are hard to swallow
I travel the day through a haze
Trying to save myself or lose it all
Don’t say you will love me when I’m sober
Because I can’t stay the winter
The leaves are falling for October
And the cold is coming on strong
It seems the days and nights
Have come and gone
And it seems I don’t know where I belong
My atlas and compass are useless again
Tired lonesome stranger
Passing through Maryland and Virginia
Never finding the beaches
And the quiet footprints in the sand
I can’t handle this load I’m packing
And the boots I’m walking in
Have lost thread and tread
From the miles and circles, I’ve been traveling in
The shadows cover my doubts stubborn angles
Caught between lies and illusions
Prayers or promises of yesteryear
Never kept, but I keep pressing on
I can’t shake these shackles
And the white line of time walking by
Reminds me of a better day when you were mine
And a postscript was more than an afterthought
Drifting wondering floating
Eventually I will find me
And I know I won’t be so lonely
Traveling through the unknown