Eric Schermerhorn

I can still see the change
In the falling rain
How come we can't do the same
How come

I see the angry scar
But the wound is tame
How come we can't do the same
How come

I hear the radio play
a song 'bout change
How come we don't feel the same
How come

I hear the church bells laugh
It's a wedding day
How come we don't feel that way
How come

When the clouds step aside
(I don't want to be you)
The sun lets them live
(you don't want to be me)
How come we can't forgive
(neither one should be)
How come

When the clouds step aside
(I don't want to be here)
The sun lets them live
(you don't want to be here)
How come we can't forgive
(there is nobody here)
How come
(there is nobody here)
How come

I've never see the sky like that I can't believe that it could do that I closed my eyes before the sun could set I slept and waited for my, waited for my... I waited for my dreams to land I waited for my dreams to touch down I waited patiently to hear the sound I waited for the song to get me out, to get me out of And I was up above Watching myself crashing down Yes I was up above Watching myself crashing down I've never seen so many lights I've never heard so many voices No one will tell me how I ended here No one will tell me where, oh tell me where, oh tell me where I am Where I am And I was up above Watching myself crashing down Yes I was up above Watching myself crashing down Watching myself crashing down Yes I was up above Watching myself crashing down Then I was up above Watching myself crashing down Watching myself crashing down

There's that place
A good place to start
There's that end
That's the beginning of it all
Are you that girl
That's going to break my heart
I don't wanna be me
When disappointment makes its call

All I know is that…

If you don't know by now
All my hope it gone

You must know
Know what you want
And if you go
It don't matter who is at fault
Now I see
I'm up against the wall
Don't wanna be me
When disappointment makes its call

All I know is that…

If you don't know by now
All my hope is gone

Oh yea…it's so hard to say
Seems to be this day
Seems to be that way
I don't know what to tell you
I don't know what to tell you
It's so hard to believe that
this could be the end

If you don't know by now
All my hope is gone
If you don't know by now
Where did I go wrong

If you start here late, no one will know what you did
No, the streets are straight, it's the soul that's crooked
I've been treated fine,
I've been treated elegantly
But I'm not one for bathing in the waters of plenty
East is East,
West is West
And The Bowery is screaming while Delancey rests
Well, I'm south of the skating, but
I'm north of the cash
I could sure use the money but
I'm ashamed to ask
The traffic has buried all of last night's rain
The words are all different but the accent is the same

The sun is white, and the moon is gray
And the river is black, blue and green
The young are young, and the old are old
There are no shades of gray in between

There's at least ten different strains of smoke in the air
And my prints are on them all, to prove I was there
And I love the curses, but I'm not one for the trenches
Yes I do love the walking , but that God for the benches
It's hard to tell where green begins, and the city gray stops
I guess the trees all bought their armor at second hand shops
My second hand is working, but the minute hand broke again
I know time will pass, but I don't know when

The sun is white, and the moon is gray
And the river is black, blue and green
The young are young, and the old are old
And there are no shades of gray in between
And there are no shades of gray in between

I know the great ones have been here, but where I can't tell
There's dreams here a plenty, but they're being witheld
And I'm more impressed with the closed doors
Than the ones that are open
The whole place tells time by a tower clock that's broken
The pigeons are ravens, and the gulls are vultures
And trash