On a Side Street Lyrics

Waters rise and cities fall

Very little, none at all

Has to do with me or anything I'm doing

On a side street in the shade

Perhaps forgotten or waylaid

Watching afternoons melt into silent evenings

All that rises has to fall

Time will break down every wall

Now I wonder if the opposite is true

Because I've been down so long

And it may be where I belong

But I'd like a chance to climb and try something new

You and I had something going

All the while I thought was growing

Turns out I was wrong

But I turned it into a song

Now I'm far outside the mainstream

Living in my peaceful daydream

I know it can't sustain

But it keeps me kind of sane

On a side street in the shade

Lying in the bed I've made

Future plans have been delayed or been abandoned

I don't mind, my plants are growing

And that summer breeze is blowing

Through the jasmine in my mind and I feel fine

Yeah, I feel fine.