Cruising my way uptown

On the west side

Watching all the chitter chatter pass me by

I see the energy pass in the streets

Yeah I know that it's free, yeah I want that relief

I see a cardboard sign and some very old hands and some very cold hands

Watching everybody pass him by, why so cool all the time, where's the love in this life?



Yeah I know things aren't getting better

I'm just waiting for change in the weather

And when your lights start shining down

You know I'll be there when it goes

and when the ground starts burning out

Well I'll pick you right up out the cold

Because in daylight when the sun starts burning out of grey skies

You know my love will fill in that hole

And when you hear my final cry

Well I'll always be there in your soul



I'll always be there in your soul...



Driving by an old man sitting on a bench

Wondering where his kids went wondering why they left

Mama died years ago, papa was a mess

so they stuck him in a home, all alone all depressed

Every night he'd check the phones, "no messages" they'd say

No visitors, no phone calls, everybody's gone away



Sitting on this bench with his memories on rewind

Why so cool all the time, where's the love in this life?



Yeah I know things aren't getting better

Well I'm just waiting for change in the weather

And when your lights stop shining down

You'll know I'll be there when it goes

and when the ground starts burning out

Well I'll pick you right up out the cold

Because in daylight when the sun starts burning out of grey skies

You know my love will fill in that hole



And when you hear my final cry

Well I'll always be there in your soul

I'll always be there in your soul...



Driving by my high school back to the start

Watching little billy getting bullied in the yard

By two older boys with ignorance in their heart

Never kissed a girl, no phone, no car



Billy didn't have a say and mama couldn't pay the rent

Yeah, he prayed to God for another day

He cried himself to sleep almost every single night

Why so cool all the time, where's the love in this life?



Yeah I know things aren't getting better

Well I'm just waiting for change in the weather

And when your lights stop shining down

You'll know I'll be there when it goes

and when the ground starts burning out

Well I'll pick you right up out the cold



Because in daylight

Yeah

You know my love will fill in that hole

And when you hear my final cry

Well I'll always be there in your soul

I'll always be there...



Cruising my way uptown

On the west side

Watching all the chitter chatter pass me by

I see the energy pass in the streets

Yeah I know that it's free, yeah I want that relief