Earth and Stone

Another swig and the bottle's gone
I'll be safe away
Away from cold reality,
Illusion's where I'll stay.

Another swig and the bottle's gone
My strings have lost their play
I'll be awake another night
To waste another day.

A broken E counts another month
That I've been all alone
With silence to accompany me
And only my heart to loan.

A broken E counts another month
I tune to find the tone
That will match the state of my simple life
Living on earth and stone.

I sit and play for anything
I've got nothing to lose
Only the clothes upon my back,
My guitar, my blue suede shoes.

I sit and play for anything
Planning my next ruse
To get a little extra dough
So I can buy more booze.

Night is back and I shiver alone
No one to share the pain
My mind races back and forth
Suffocating my brain.

Night is back and I shiver alone
Humming Penny Lane
Just to distract me from misery
Slowly driving me insane.

I reminisce of times with you
I shed another tear
Once we sat hand in hand,
Defiant of a doubtful seer.

I reminisce of times with you
But I was wrong to leer
Our fortune-teller never lied
I still love you, dear.