Patty Griffin - Useless Desires Lyrics
Say goodbye to the old streetThat never cared much for you anywayAnd the different colored doorwaysYou thought would let you in one dayGoodbye to the old bus stop frozen and waitingThe weekend edition has this town over-ratedYou walk across the baseball greenThe grass has turned to strawA flock of birds tries to fly away from where you areGoodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friendI can't make you stayI can't spend another ten years wishing you would anywayHow the sky turns to fireAgainst the telephone wireAnd even I'm getting tired of useless desiresEveryday I take a bitter pillIt gets me on my wayFor the little aches and painsThe ones I have from day to dayTo help me think a little less about the things I missTo help me not to wonder how I ended up like thisWalk down to the railroad track and ride a rusty trainWith a million other faces I shoot through the city veinsGoodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friendYou wanted to be freeAnd somewhere beyond the bitter end is where I wanna beHow the sky turns to fireAgainst the telephone wireAnd even I'm getting tired of useless desiresSay goodbye to the old building that never tried to know your nameGoodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friendYou won't be seeing me againGoodbye to all the window panes shining in the sunLike diamonds on a winter dayGoodbye, goodbye to everyoneHow the sky turns to fireAgainst the telephone wireIt burns the last of the day downAnd I'm the last one hanging around waitingOn a train track and the train never comes backAnd even I'm getting tired of useless desires
