Shallow Grave

Well, the river is running dry, but it's better to laugh than cry

The stars might fall from the sky, but we could never know why

But I know you can feel it too, there's nothing more that we can do

The tears in your eyes ricochet in my mind like gunfire

And the loneliest part of it all is you can never see over the wall

And when all the words have been written, and all the songs have been sung

Take me back to the rolling hills and the glory of my younger days

Nothing but time to save, and dig me a shallow grave

The bottle is running dry, and the highway can't get you high

The crush of the daily dementia won't leave you alone