On a Side Street

Waters rise and cities fall
Very little, none at all
Has to do with me or anything I'm doing

On a side street in the shade
Perhaps forgotten or waylaid
Watching afternoons melt into silent evenings

All that rises has to fall
Time will break down every wall
Now I wonder if the opposite is true

Because I've been down so long
And it may be where I belong
But I'd like a chance to climb and try something new

You and I had something going
All the while I thought was growing
Turns out I was wrong
But I turned it into a song

Now I'm far outside the mainstream
Living in my peaceful daydream
I know it can't sustain
But it keeps me kind of sane

On a side street in the shade
Lying in the bed I've made
Future plans have been delayed or been abandoned

I don't mind, my plants are growing
And that summer breeze is blowing
Through the jasmine in my mind and I feel fine
Yeah, I feel fine.