Everything's empty in this lonesome old town
If I could find the river
I'd follow it down
To someplace with some life still left
Go out dancing in my Sunday best

I need to forget
Shake off this regret

What I need's a grand piano to do things right
Cool my fingers in it's pools of black and white
I need time, clear to eternity
Half of it to set it straight and the other just to sleep

I need to forget
Sleep off this regret

I never seem to catch things as they're coming my way
I go chasing them down crying hey come back hey
Hey what were you hey
Hey hey hey