Bitter

With the things that remind me
Of the dreams now behind me
Conveniently hidden from sight
All the time and the money
It would almost be funny
If I could just sleep through the night
But I'm bitter
Bitter as they come
Bitter as the cold morning sun
I'm a quitter

It's easy said and done
At the end of the day
I laid down my gun
I had a vision
Some kind of religion
What makes life worth living should pay
But I found no meaning
Nothing to believe in
Just men getting rich in the shade
Been used like a jukebox

Placed like a stage prop
I shouldered it all and walked on
That drum I was beating
Has lost all its meaning
It's as hard as my heart has become
Bitter is as bitter does
Once it was written
The machine had grown smitten
The stone said that I would go far
But the dog still needs feeding

And with the ends hardly meeting
I stopped counting on my lucky stars