By the time I left Brooklyn, I'd seen enough

Out of time, out of luck

By the time I left Brooklyn, I'd given up

So I moved to a new town to get away

To get get right and make new my name

By the time I left Brooklyn, I'd nearly gone insane

So I got down to working and staying with some friends

Searching for something; a means to and end

But end up crawling into my room

Hoping no one had seen

And at the bar I tell stories, all going wild

Cutting lose and buying rounds in denial

Between work and drinking and fighting

There ain't much else

I have always been thirsty

I've always been a wreck

Tying knots and testing limbs for strength

Hiding the restlessness when there is nowhere to go

But there comes a time to stay home and hide away

To get up and watch the rain

And sort through those feelings of isolation and shame

There comes a time to stay home and watch the rain