State Houses by the River

State houses by the river
State houses by the sea
I don't remember the city
Does the city remember me?
I took what was owed me
I laid across my days
I don't see nothing coming
No matter what the government say
Some things are clear to me
Some things they will never be
Oh, see the clouds hanging up the mean across the sky
The ground fails and it's rolling, turning over so it can die
I knew that there were better times somewhere in the past
I tell you, friends, I've been looking
But better times won't ever last
Some things are clear to me
Some things they will never be
Who's the girl that was walking there calling out their names?
You got one thing to offer her, something other than your shame
So divvy up the change, boys, and get the glasses in
The city fields are drying up, the weed is looking thin
Some things are clear to me
Some things they will never be
Well, just wrap me up in the drowning light
On this land I'm here to sit
I may be way too tired to fight
But it ain't the same to quit
Wrap me up in the drowning light
On this land I'm here to sit
I may be way too tired to fight
But it ain't the same as waiting to quit