These Days

I was walking around, just a face in the crowd Trying to keep myself out of the rain Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown Wondered if I might end up the same There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change Everybody's got their cross to bear these days She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams To a motel room on the boulevard I guess she's trying to be James Dean She's seen all the disciples and all the wanna-be's No one wants to be themselves these days Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days Chorus: These days - the stars seem out of reach These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days - are fast, love don't last in this graceless age There ain't anybody left but but us these days Jimmy Shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly From a second storey window, he just jumped and closed his eyes His mamma said he was crazy - he said "Mamma I've got to try, Don't you know that all my heroes died And I guess I'd rather die than fade away" Chorus: These days - the stars seem out of reach But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age Even innocence has caught the midnight train And there ain't anybody left but but us these days I know Rome's still burning Though the times have changed This world keeps turning round and round and round and round These days Chorus: These days - the stars seem out of reach But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age Even innocence has caught the midnight train And there ain't anybody left but but us these days These days - the stars seem out of reach These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age There ain't no time to waste There ain't anybody left to take the blame And there ain't anybody left but but us these days There ain't anybody left but but us these days