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I watch the birds outside my window
and all I am is tired
I can't believe time goes so fast,
and I'm so far behind
I'm chasing my tail, I'm losing my life
I ought to be more than one man's trouble;
The poor man's strife
I'm running out of time,
I'm running out of reasons to keep from crying......

I watch the leaves outside,
turning to gold and blood reds
For all the gentle grace of autumn skies,
You can taste the cold up ahead
And I'm watching my hands,
I'm watching them break
I'm watching my skin wear down to my bones
And my bones ache
They're aching with the cold,
they're aching with the weight of all this precious precious time
Oh but I said...I'm just tired

I can't help it, I can't keep it in
It's not a term that I give much credence to,
but I think it's a sin to be so low
it's certainly a shame
I'm running out of time getting nowhere
Oh I'm strung out in the rain

And now I see outside my window, the sun is going down
You know it's peaceful here as the night falls
And the silence settles all around

These midnight hours, you know
I heard someone say
These are the hours when the devil cannot find you;
The Poet is safe, and I'm alright,
I'm just tired
It's just that I'm afraid of the way
it's all going so fast
It's just a bad day and I'm alright,
I'm just tired
When you take me in your arms and you smile at me
You say it's ok then everything's fine,
I'm just tired
I see the look in your eyes and it's alright
I know that you love me.................................

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from The Bastard's Daughter, released September 1, 2008

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