Bright Eyes Darkened

You say that love is everything Then you turn around and sing about all your painful moments How in the end they didn't care for the memories you shared Your despair and inner torment Yeah well wait a minute, friend, stop before you begin We've heard this one before So you're on a downward slide, but you've seen the other side You can't ask for more The end of summer's in the air Do you remember when you cared about friends and change of season And a guitar was in your hands, and you played in twenty bands And you never needed no reason Yeah well stop a minute there, why should anyone else care? They've all got holes to plug She's a shovel in your hands, she's a pail of sand Someone you once dug You say you gave it all you could and did everything you should And you still wound up defeated And all the efforts inbetween don't amount to anything Just old mistakes repeated And it's probably pretty true but what else you got to do? We've all got time to kill She's the T.V. ad that lied, the drug you hadn't tried She was a perfect little pill I've seen your bright eyes darken Eyes that always shone So bright I had to close my own You say you can't live in the past But you're driving there so fast Headlights aimed for drinking You'll say "I knew it all along", as the bars they pass along With the ground below you sinking Yeah so stop for three or four, they won't card you at the door They've seen you there before It's not your favorite place to drink, but a place to stop and think Maybe you can't ask for more Sputtering and spent and wondering where it all went: Your dreams and things you wanted You built a space for them inside where the walls are made with pride Empty, cold and haunted Yeah but who am I to judge or negotiate your grudge I should keep my damn mouth closed You should call them with the news, tell them they're the one who's screwed You just might be right, who knows?