Nobody's Song

I don't own the songs I'm singing
They found me by the road
And let me come along for the ride
Sometimes they're only wordplay
Sometimes they're almost true
Telling everybody's history but mine

There's a soldier just returned
Forever damaged from the war
There's a sailor forever lost in time
Songs to lift your spirits
Songs to break your heart
Telling everybody's story but mine

Maybe I was killing time while time was killing me
Ignoring all the people in my head
Peering out of broken mirrors to tell their broken tales
All the people in my dreams and in my head

A city sleeps in sunlight
A seascape in the storm
A town that I might go back to some time
Words I heard from lovers
For a lifetime or a night
Singing anybody's melody but mine

Friends and lovers past and gone
Places I should be
Dreams that died and others that came true
Time we spent together
Too much time spent apart
Someone gone forever, much too soon

I was only killing time while time was killing me
Ignoring all the people in my head
Peering out of broken mirrors to tell their broken tales
All the people in my dreams and in my bed

I don't own the song I'm singing
It found me by the road
And let me come along for the ride
Maybe it's just wordplay
Perhaps it's almost true
Telling nobody's story but mine