Downhill Both Ways

[Verse 1]

I'm sitting on a curb with my greatest fear

Outside the discount tobacco and beer

Thought if I dove, it would get more clear

But it's all brown

Oh, half of my friends got a foot in the soil

Ballpoint pen and aluminum foil

Shuffling off this old mortal coil

Just to get out

[Verse 2]

So if you wanna hop in, I'll give you a ride

God, I'd really love if you would make it tonight

Try to pick you up around four or five

And go downtown

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]

Called it a miracle

Now you're learning what a living means

When everybody's as miserable as you

I don't wanna be cynical anymore

Think I'd rather stay asleep

Everyone's miserable like me

[Verse 3]

Brother, if you wanna, we can split our cash

For a little fresh tar and fiberglass

Shooting the moon about death and tax and gasoline

When I give you a promise just to prove it's a con—

Tryin' to be honest, I'm gonna get gone

In bed with my running shoes on and chasing a bad dream down

[Chorus 2]

Could've been anything I want

There’s nothing that I'm gonna stay

You change and then you change back

You could be any way you choose

What's the matter when it looks the same?

Going out and going back?

Now it's downhill both ways

[Instrumental Outro]