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 got their cross to bare, these days 

She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams 
To a motel room on the boulevard 
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 

These days - the stars seem out of reach 
These days - there ain`t a ladder on these streets 
These days - are fast, love don`t last in this graceless age 
There ain`t nobody left but us these days 

Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly 
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes 
His momma said he was crazy - he said momma "I`ve got to try" 
Don`t you know that all my heroes died 
And I guess I`d rather die than fade away 

These days - the stars seem out of reach 
But these days - there ain`t a ladder on these streets 
These days are fast, love don`t lasts-in this graceless age 
Even innocence has caught the morning train 
And there ain`t nobody left but us these days 

I know Rome`s still burning 
Though the times have changed 
This world keepd turning round and round and round and round 
These days 

These days - the stars seem out of reach 
But these days - there ain`t a ladder on these streets 
These days are fast, love don`t lasts-in this graceless age 
Even innocence has caught the morning train 
And there ain`t nobody left but us these days 

These days - the stars seem out of reach 
These days - there ain`t a ladder on these streets 
These days - are fast, nothing lasts 
There ain`t no time to waste 
There ain`t nobody left to take the blame 
There ain`t nobody left but us these days