So here's the deal I know enough to know I've lostI've got no flag And all my confidants are spies And all the paperwork's been signed Or so I'm told And the world has lost its ears So I'll save my breath Time was never on my side And now the clocks behind my eyes Have all run down Strike a match And drop it in the canister I promise I'll be back But then again I stole my words From the ghost inside my head He never sleeps And if I read between the lines I'll see that nothing's really mine Or so I'm told We're in a never ending dream Or so it seems And I hope one day I'll wake to say That nothing goes away But I know I won't Strike a match And drop it in the canister I promise I'll be back But then again Who's keeping count? *rewind* A song For the one who can't sing along Paint the sky For a bird that never flies The rope is being wound while the reaper plays the fiddle And the kids erase the city line I always want to thank them I always want to thank them The riddles in the clouds say the birds are going south Till the weather changes face again I know I'm gonna miss them I know I'm gonna miss themI know I'm gonna miss listening to their songs Sell a dream To the one who never sleeps And make a joke For the one who's going broke The poster boy cracked The priest is on his back and your love is on a Sunday train I doubt you'll ever miss them You'll probably never miss them A bird is in the window with a fish hook in his beak And he can't decide just what went wrong And you know I'd love to help him But I'm never gonna get to help him I can't help, so I'm never gonna hear his songs