Not Dark Yet (Version 1)

Well, shadows are falling and I've been here all day
And it's too hot to sleep, time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal

There's not even room enough to be anywhere
Lord, it's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain
Just being in the same country as her is making me blue
I got nothing left over from the love that we knew

A love that I know, that I never can share
Lord, it's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Feel like my eyes are two pieces of broken glass
Well, I'm standing in the shadows, waiting for the parade to pass
Feel like the hand of fate has jabbed its finger in my eyes
I'm in the land of the lost, where dreams come to die

Sometimes my burden seem more than I can bear
Lord, it's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Well, I can close my eyes and I see her from such a long ways off
Her lips were so tender, her skin was so soft
I've gone too far down life's beaten track
And I'm praying the master will guide me back

The violets are fading and the trees are bare
Lord, it's not dark yet, but it's getting there