I was lying on the inside

All snuggled safe and warm

Now I'm crying on the outside 'cuz all my keys won't fit the door

I'd survive in sunny weather

A little rainfall now and then

But I can't abide this endless desert storm of dry bones, sand, and wind



And so I say, I don't know why, I don't know why

The years go down, the years turn 'round

And now it's comin' down it's comin' down again

Was I ever on the inside?



Time was on my side for so long

'Til it said so long to me

Then it fled and left for dead this dying body on some dead man's property

Did I fall down on the first round?

Will I get up for the last?

Too many choices wrong and oh so long forgotten buried deep inside my little shallow past



What can I say?

I don't know why, I don't know why

(deep water stranded high and dry)

The years go down, the years turn 'round

And now it's comin' down it's comin' 'round again

I looked happy on the outside

To the world, to the world, say it again

The years go down, the years turn 'round

And now it's comin' down it's comin' down again

I was happy on the outside

To the world, to the world, to the world



I realize I'm outside

Every day, every night

Will I ever get it right?

I realize You're inside

.You and me, could it be

I'm set free



I realize I'm outside

Clinging to the past

My world is dying and I keep on crying watching every precious day go

right on past

And so I say

I don't know why, I don't know why

Everybody has to die



The years go down, the years turn 'round

And it's comin' down, comin' down 'til everybody's in the ground-