The Setting Sun

Count Change for a pack of cigarettes I don’t need
      Surviving on pills and booze
Wanting a woman I can’t have
I read the paper and know we’re all going to hell

And all I am is alone
Watching the world spin into oblivion
      so this is life

Eat the shit we’re given
Swallow
      Or
Choke to death
Chew and Chew and Chew

Smoke another cigarette
      Knowing what cancer is
The fact is I don’t care
      How can I when a woman beats her husband
With the body four week old son

I watch the dog as she sleeps
       In this simple action I feel peace
I know we’re out of heroes
            Because no one will save us

 

      And all I can do is watch
      Now I am older and none the wiser
Destroyed
       We all are
            Even if we won’t admit it
 If only we could live the fantasy of childhood forever
      
Yet here we are
      And still
            Life is beautiful