Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Back To The Wall, artist - Steve Earle.
Date of issue: 28.04.2008
Song language: English
Back To The Wall |
Well sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling |
Like I’m empty inside |
I know I’m doin' good now but tonight I’m headed downtown |
Down by the riverside |
I sit underneath the freeway with an old friend from the old days |
And a bottle of wine |
Well he used to call me «Big Time», and he knew someday that I’d shine |
Said he’d seen all the signs |
He said. |
. |
«Keep yourself to yourself |
Keep your bedroll dry |
And boy you never can tell |
What the shadows hide |
Keep ene eve on the ground |
Pick up whatever you find |
'Cause you’ve got no place to fall |
When your back’s to the wall» |
He’s gettin' old and it’s showin' when I asked him how it’s goin' |
He said «I've seen better I guess |
I’ve been rained on, I’ve been frozen, but this here’s the life I’ve chosen |
If it just wasn’t for the loneliness» |
Now this river suits me to a T. but if you’re trying to raise a family |
It ain’t no place to be |
There’s a kid down by the dump there, ought to be in grade school somewhere |
Now he hangs out with me |
And I told him. |
. |
." |
Well we finished off the bottle and I told him,"Joe I think I ought to |
Be headed uptown" |
Well it was late, and I’d been drinkin', drivin' home I got to thinkin' |
'Bout what’s been going down |
Cause they’re nervous down on Wall Street, but they’re trying to keep it upbeat |
Or maybe they just don’t care |
But down at the river eyes are burnin' cause they feel the tables turnin' |
So if you wind up down there… |