Not Dark Yet (Version 1)

[Verse 1]

Well, shadows are falling and I've been here all day

Well, it's too hot to sleep, time is running away

Feel like my soul has turned into steel

I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal

There's not even room enough to be anywhere

Lot is not done yet, but it's getting there

[Verse 2]

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain

Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain

Just bein' in the same country as her is makin' mе blue

I got nothing left over from thе love that we knew

A love that I know, that I never can share

Lot is not done yet, but it's getting there

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Feel like my eyes are two pieces of broken glass

Well, I'm standing in the shadows waiting for the parade to pass

Feel like the hand of fate has jabbed its finger in my eye

I'm in the land of the lost where dreams come to die

Sometimes my burdens seem more than I can bear

Lord, it's not dark yet, but it's getting there

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

Well, I can close my eyes and I see her from such a long ways off

Her lips were so tender, her skin was so soft

I've gone too far down life's beaten track

And I'm praying the master will guide me back

The violets are fadin' and the trees are bare

Lord, it's not dark yet, but it's getting there