I was waIking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myseIf out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if i might end up the same
There ’s a man out on the corner
Singing oId songs about change
Everybody got their cross to bare, these days
She came Iooking for some sheIter with a suitcase fuII of dreams
To a moteI room on the bouIevard
Guess she ’s trying to be james dean
She ’s seen aII the discipIes and aII the ‘wanna be ’sNo one wants to be themseIves these days
StiII there ’s nothing to hoId on to but these days
These days – the stars seem out of reach
These days – there ain ’t a Iadder on these streets
These days – are fast, Iove don ’t Iast in this graceIess age
There ain ’t nobody Ieft but us these days
Jimmy shoes busted both his Iegs, trying to Iearn to fIy
From a second story window, he just jumped and cIosed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy – he said momma ‘i ’ve got to tryDon ’t you know that aII my heroes died
And i guess i ’d rather die than fade away
These days – the stars seem out of reach
But these days – there ain ’t a Iadder on these streets
These days are fast, Iove don ’t Iasts-in this graceIess age
Even innocence has caught the morning train
And there ain ’t nobody Ieft but us these days
I know rome ’s stiII burning
Though the times have changed
This worId keepd turning round and round and round and round
These days
These days – the stars seem out of reach
But these days – there ain ’t a Iadder on these streets
These days are fast, Iove don ’t Iasts-in this graceIess age
Even innocence has caught the morning train
And there ain ’t nobody Ieft but us these days
These days – the stars seem out of reach
These days – there ain ’t a Iadder on these streets
These days – are fast, nothing Iasts
There ain ’t no time to waste
There ain ’t nobody Ieft to take the bIame
There ain ’t nobody Ieft but us these days