so there i was, waiting for a bus outside the 711 on a dreary day in November drawing smiley faces on my folder when i noticed a man sitting on the curb right across from me, he had a beard. he was an older gentlemen and he looked sad, he had tears in eyes. so i grabbed my guitar and sat next to him and played him a song... hey there man don't ya cry wipe those tears from your eyes everything will be alright you and me well walk away walk away, all our pain well come together in flight take a ride into the sky past the cloud so we can find a Paradise where we can stay in dream the life we lead, your sure to bleed the tales we've told your sure to read but i feel so fucking ashamed but i feel so fucking ashamed but its not over grab my hand we will go far and wide down that road the path we've come to know as life your eyes are swelling don't cry your eyes... we took a ride into the sky past the cloud so we could find that Paradise where we can stay in dream the life we lead, your sure to bleed the tales we've told your sure to read but i feel so fucking ashamed but i feel so fucking ashamed but im not givin up on ya! grab my hand we will go far and wide down that road the path we've come to know as life your eyes are swelling don't cry your eyes... and he turned and looked at me with those dirty blue eyes and that big bushy beard and he said to me you don't me boy you don't know the pain i've felt or the loved ones i've lost you dont know the dreams i've had that always seem to come up empty but ill tell you something boy you've got a gift dont make the same mistakes i have then he stood up and walked away grab my hand we will go far and wide down that road the path we've come to know as life your eyes are swelling dont cry so there i was sitting on a curb outside the 711 on a dreary day in novemeber 30 years down the road no job, drunk off my ass and a boy came and sat beside me and he played me a song..
