Mid-Morning Lament

[Verse 1]

I hate the morning rain

I grab my jacket

Damn, it's looking pretty warm

I bought a cool new sweater

But when I brought it home

I noticed it was torn

I wanna spike my coffee

But I know where that leads

And it ain't the safest feeling

When the angel on your shoulder falls asleep

[Chorus]

Then I let you in

'Cause you were crying in the hall

Fooled me once again

Wrote your name across the wall

Now the crows are calling, longing for the magic

The happiness you knew when you were a kid

So I'm out here, drawing on the sidewalk

While the storm of mid-morning's blowing in

[Verse 2]

Maria, guide me by the light

Of all the stars I used to know by name

And if a one-man war's a cosmic joke

I guess I'll have to laugh at all the pain

And so what I spike my coffee?

Maybe I'll never learn

And I must admit the devil on my shoulder

Is a master of her words

[Chorus]

Then I let you in

'Cause you were crying in the hall

Fooled me once again

Wrote your name on every wall

Now the crows are calling, longing for the magic

The happiness you knew when you were a kid

So I'm up here, strumming on the rooftop

While the black of mid-morning's flooding in

[Bridge]

'Cause all I want is something

To believe in more than nothing

And I guess that's all I'm asking

From anything at all

I don't wanna be the kind

Who's tangled up all the time in their dreaming

Then what's the point of being needed?

[Outro]

So I'm out here, taking on the bad guys

While the fear of mid-morning's sinking in