Blue Skies

There's a man over there and he's a walkin'
Watchin' the world go by
He ain't done much talkin'
He's just livin' under clear blue skies
Looks like a guy with a family
Maybe babies, a beautiful wife
Now he turns and looks right through me
Like he knows I got no life
He ain't one of them worried
Where his fix will come today
And maybe I could be just like him
If someone could show me the way

Another night of hunger
Another night to crave
One more night of holding hands
With a man I know's a slave
You can't fill an endless well
You're just pissing in the wind
Why try to survive this day
Just to crawl back and do it again?
No blue skies are waiting
The night'll just fade to grey
And I ain't gonna find that state of mind
That leads to my escape

Standing by my window
Staring at the sea
Thinking back on all I was
And all I come to be
I didn't punch my ticket
Or earn any clarity
But one time I was willing
Cause I missed my sanity
The bitter taste accepting grace
Was the only price I paid
It all comes down to what you'll lose
And what you come to save