All Nighter

Gypsies, winos, people that I know
All came together today
Church bells were swingin', old friends were singin'
Song that didn't have much to say

Down in the valley and up on the mountain
California to Washington Square
Dressed up and geared up, we're not gonna tear up
Today you were everywhere

Some days are high, that's how it goes
Sometimes you just gotta run with the lows
Keep 'em all tight and close by your side
We are only here for a very short time

Drink up you losers, poets and movers
The night is upon us again
It's our turn to get some, don't make him feel lonesome
Make him think he'll always win

Posers and pirates on the coattails of giants
Couldn't rhyme their way out of a bag
It was our job to brand it so the plastic and bandits
Had their very own reason to brag

Some days are high, that's how it goes
Sometimes you just gotta run with the lows
Keep 'em all tight and close by your side
We are only here for a very short time

High times and lowlifes, together they're just right
That's where you ought to be
Make room for the gifted, you'll soon be uplifted
If the music is loose and it's free

Smoke if you wanna 'cause we're all gonna
Leave your shoes at the top of the stairs
It's an all-nighter, not a nail biter
Tonight ain't nobody care

Some days are high, that's how it goes
Sometimes you just gotta run with the lows
Keep 'em all tight and close by your side
We are only here for a very short time

Today it's hanging heavy over me
Up above, chained to my feet
Was it something that she said that sealed the deal
Was it a lie or was it real?

Sometimes words cause a lot of pain
No words at all do the same
I told 'em all that I was done with you
Then you came back, brand spankin' new

You can blame me for runnin' away
I was just a kid lookin' for a better day
There were demons poundin', knockin' at our doors
Nowadays, they don't knock no more

I said some things that were heavy on my mind
Seemed like the thing at the time
It's always been a town that I could lose
Dragged me down, gave me the blues

For summer you've a brand new place to start
Over again, what was torn about
This ain't like we were scattered everywhere
Beggin', prayin' for someone that would care
He was chasin' down a love that's dead and gone
For all of us, tell me how that's wrong

Two sides to everything, I am told
One is one, the other side is cold
It's been so long that I don't even care
There's much more now than we can share

They hit the ground long after it was quits
They missed the worst, but you're missing this
The universe and all that it contains
Could blow to hell and this love would stay

The ones that wonder why we drive so far
That you have to fall asleep in the car
I know that they will understand someday
All in time
In their own way

Today it's hanging heavy over me
Why, I don't know, I just can't see
I think it's time to finally clear the mud
'Cause time is short, and blood is blood