This Side Of The Sun

I thought I'd be an angel

And fly on astral skies

I thought I'd wear a fanciful disguise

And It's taken me a lotta time

To find out I'm not one

An outlaw on the run,

On this side of the sun.

I hoped I'd be a champion

And live without a care

I thought I'd change the world,

Make it just and fair

But my youth slipped by before my eyes

Much to my surprise

Before I had begun,

On this side of the sun.

Out on this end of the wind

Winter's coming 'round the bend

You pray for rain, before you know,

You're standin' in a foot of snow

So you pull your coat up to your chin

Pick your shovel up again

'Cause your work is never done,

On this side of the sun.

I took it to a fortune teller

I thought that she might help me

She looked into my eyes

And smiled mysteriously

But she didn't know as much as me

I stared back, dejectedly

'Cause I know where she's from,

This side of the sun.

Out behind these prison walls,

Dark clouds come and hard rains fall

You pause a moment for a dream,

They row you gently down the stream

You wake up angry in the night,

Jump up, ready for the fight

But the war is never won

On this side of the sun.

Now they tell me music

Can free a person's soul

So I sing a song everywhere I go

But It's not much different than before

I'm still looking for the door

I wonder if there is one,

On this side of the sun...