Cash in Your Ticket

It's a day too late to make any difference
And it's still two days too soon to care
On day three it seemed like I was needed
Just like me I wasn't there

And all I ask is:

Why'd you get so far, then cash in your ticket
Hey man, there's no free ride

I've still got four days left till I find tomorrow
I will let number five slide on by
Yesterday, you know how far away that can be
A week, a month, a year is a lifetime

And all I ask is:

Why'd you get so far, then cash in your ticket
Hey man, there's no free ride
Why'd you get so far, when you just couldn't kick it
My friend, it's time for me to fly
Yeah

No reason why,
keep telling myself all the time, I've got to fly, yeah, yeah, yeah

As he holds his hand,
trying to stop his mind from shaking, there's no escape this time
Here's the words he promised as he's lying and
dying and bleeding: "You never take me alive!"

Why'd you get so far, then cash in your ticket
Hey man, there's no free ride (there's no free ride)
Why'd you get so far, when you just couldn't kick it
My friend, it's time for me to fly
Yeah

Well, I've got to fly
You never got to fly