New Day Rising

If i told you it wasn't easy
If i told you now would you believe me
I couldn't convince you if i tried
You weren't around the times that i cried
And i was crying

Walking down a sunny street to the library
Checking out the latest books on outer space
Going to the fruit stand to buy a dozen oranges
Then she and the books and the oranges go back to her place

She tells the same old story to everyone that she knows
She's just sitting in her room reading books about ufos

Sometimes i see her sitting on the rooftop
Perched in a lawnchair and staring into the sky
I know that somewhere in some faraway galaxy
That some gray men with telescopes are gazing right into her eyes

Her live revolves around all of the planets
And she is constantly aware of all the changes that occur
I'm going to turn into a lens and focus all my attention
On finding a new planet and naming it right after her

I never look back at it, but it's always in front of me
It's always worth the hurt, but i know it's hurting me
I'll never let go of it because it's all that's going for me
I'll put it in the past when the past is history

A perfect example is all the things it's done to me
I think i might lose my mind, but not my memory
A perfect example is what we all wish we could be
I think i might lose my mind
I think i might lose my mind
You think you might lose your mind
But not the memory, means a lot to me

Women sewed the stars and stripes
And the men, they fought the wars
The children learned arithmetic
And everyone was poor

Young man was the hero of the day
Long long hours, short short pay

Lesson i learned in history book, now
It's not what they told me
Folk lore, folk lore, folk lore
Your momma never told you

Now the women scream for equal rights
Their man wants to have an affair
Children learn to hate the world
And no one seems to care

Now the kids play vids instead
Their heroes are living on wonder bread

Lesson i learned in history book, now
It's not what they told me
Folk lore, folk lore, folk lore
Your momma never told you that

Some things never change
Some things stay the same
Some things rearranged
One thing i know for sure, your heroes always die

Love and hate was in the air, like pollen from a flower
Somewhere in april time, they add another hour

I guess i'd better think up a way to spend my time
Just when i'm ready to sit inside, it's summer time
Should i go fishing or get a friend to hang around
It's back to summer, back to basics, hang around

Getting drunk out on the bach, or playing in a band
And getting out of school meant getting out of hand

Was this your celebrated summer? was that your celebrated summer?

Then the sun disintegrates between a wall of clouds
I summer where i winter at, and no one is allowed there

Do you remember when the first snowfall fell
When summer barely had a snowball's chance in hell?

You're a student of the world, learning every day
Surrounded by these walls
Tell me, "man, i've been around the block"
But you haven't seen it all
I don't know, i don't know
I don't know what you're talking about

Confrontations every day
Argue, then we go our separate ways
Always over as soon as it begins
Know that you're losing when you can't give in
I don't know, i don't know
I don't know what you're talking about

Now you live alone and it's always the same
Talking to yourself when you say that i'm to blame
There's more to life than being right and wrong
There's something in between called getting along
I don't know, i don't know
I don't know what you're talking about

i see you walking down the road
And the thoughts within my mind explode
But having to hold back taught me a lot about control
And letting it all loose at once when it was time to let you know
You occupied my space and you occupied your mind
By jumping off the roof to the first conclusion you can find

Now all the silver you can steal
Can't buy a piece of what i feel
It's sad but the means they just don't justify the ends
To be forever haunted by the ghosts of all your friends
Painful, yeah that's the way you've chosen it to be
C'mon man can't you think of anyone besides me?

These are the terms

Now don't think you're the only one who is harbouring a self hate
I'm just as guilty of selling what my own sweet soul creates
Now don't feel bad the next time my memory comes creepin'
You've got your own bed now, i suggest that's the one you sleep in

Goodnight baby