Marty Willson-piper - A Drink To Drift Away Lyrics
Pale, woven with the threads of fearFade, as shards of glassFall from your eyes like tearsWho can wait this longTo know if they belongThe boulevard of neon starsThe rush and hiss of passing carsThe roar of laughter in the streetSad crowds shuffle on their feetThe peeling paint of deep regretOn faces hung with cigarettesThe strays and waywards looking downThe comfort of the undergroundHide, underneath the arches from the rainTime, has deeply cut the telling lines of ageA drink to drift awayAs night time turns to dayAnd aspirations have all goneAnd no-one knows whose side theyre onKisses are reserved for gravesNothing grows and no-one wavesDark the rings around your eyesReveal all you have sacrificedHalf your concentration onYour shell is there but you have goneAnd time creeps slowly grinning byExpecting you to shrink and dieBut still the pulse of life is therePushing you on and pulling your hairAnd as you dream of your escapeYou carry on and seal your fateThe rain is red and you are blueAnd even the lies have the ring of truthTomorrow never ever comesChained to the past by what youve donePriests and gamblers hand in handAnd rules that no-one understandsGod takes bets on whose to hellAnother lonely prize to sellThe blades of reason drip with bloodWithout the challenge of if they shouldAnd still the light is burning onWith music playing all night longWaiters tired have left their barsAs bitter men act out their farce
