[Verse 1]
I lost a good friend in Dallas
Had a heart too big for these angry miles
And I was a one-night stand in Dallas
For him, it was the end of the line
And these walls that we build up so high, they crumble
Like a grown man cryin'
[Verse 2]
At a bar in California
Tobacco stains all in his eyes
He said, "Let me be the first to warn you
We got rich people makin' all the rules and it just ain't right"
It's a thing called greed and it spreads
Like a wildfire
[Chorus]
And it all seemed so clear when we were drinkin'
And I knew how to set the whole world straight
But the sun came like a thousand bells ringin'
And I found I'd just been lookin' at it sideways
[Verse 3]
Now I can't be here, I can't leave here
Worryin' the knots and the scars in the wood
I can't stop lookin' in the rearview
Tryin' to find a way to do just a little bit of good
If I knew how to keep the sky from fallin'
Don't you think I would?
[Chorus]
And I worry 'bout these heavy hotel curtains
Yeah, I wonder what it is we're tryin' to hide
Darkness, it'll find you, that's for certain
Don't we all get born with a little bit of light to shine?
[Outro]
Don't we all get born with a little bit of light to shine?