Useless Desires

Say goodbye to the old street

That never cared much for you anyway

Different colored doorways

You thought would let you in one day

Goodbye to the old bus stop frozen and waiting

Weekend edition has this town way overrated



Walk across the baseball green

The grass has turned to straw

A flock of birds tries to fly away from where you are

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, old friend

I can't make you stay

I can't spend another ten years

Wishing you would anyway



How the sky turns to fire

Against the telephone wire

And even I'm getting tired

of useless desires



Every day I take a bitter pill

It gets me on my way

For the little aches and pains

The ones I have from day to day

To help me think a little less about the things I miss

To help me not to wonder how I ended up like this



Walk down to the railroad track and ride a rusty train

With a million other faces I shoot through the city veins

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, old friend

You wanted to be free

Somewhere beyond the bitter end

Is where I wanna be



How the sky turns to fire

Against the telephone wire

And even I'm getting tired

Of useless desires



Say goodbye to the old building

I never tried to know your name

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, old friend

You won't be seeing me again

Goodbye to all the window panes

Shining in the sun

Like diamonds on a winter day

Goodbye, goodbye to everyone



How the sky turns to fire

Against the telephone wire

Burns the last of the day down

And I'm the last one hanging around

Waiting on a train track

And the train never comes back

And even I'm getting tired

Of useless desires



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