My Back Door

[Verse 1]

When I was a child

I dreamed like a child of wonder

With my back in the grass

My eyes to the sky to see

I believed in the stars

And I knew they cast a spell that I was under

With my fingers in the dirt

I was part of the earth

Every living thing was part of me

[Chorus]

But it's gone, it's gone

It's gone, it's gone, gone

I can't feel it

I can't feel it

Must've found a way out my back door

Must've run away out my back door

Because it's gone, gone, gone

[Verse 2]

Then I fell in love

Love gave me a shot of pure desire

There was nothing else like this

This unimagined bliss, this ecstasy

Deep inside the night

I believed I saw the light ignite a fire

And it burned into the dark

It burned deep inside my heart

I thought it would burn eternally

[Chorus]

But it's gone, it's gone

It's gone, it's gone, gone

I can't feel it

I can't feel it

Must've found a way out my back door

Must've run away out my back door

Because it's gone

[Bridge]

So I run into the street

And I shout into the phone

Asking everyone I meet

I say, have you seen it on my doorstep?

Did you see it in my car?

Have you seen it in the alley?

Was it on the back of some guitar?

Is it sleeping in the hallway?

Does it cry all night alone?

Is it selling itself for money?

Does it want, does it wanna come home?

[Verse 3]

Then I saw the world

Wounded deep and curled up on my sidewalk

With the mouths all white and pale

Telling all their tales reality

So I picked up a sign

And I found a place in line and I shouted no talk

The men all painted proud

Their words empty and loud

Are trying hard to sell my dream

[Chorus]

And they tell me it's gone

They say it's gone

They say it's, it's gone

Oh, but I can feel it

Oh, I wanna feel it

I can't let it run away out my back door

I can't let it run away out my back door

Lord, if I look out there

If I look out there every day

[Outro]

I can't let it run away

Oh, I can't let it run away

Oh, if I look out there every day