Patty Griffin - Useless Desires lyrics

Say goodbye to the old street that never cared much for you anyway

And different colored doorways you thought would let you in one day

Goodbye to the old bus stop frozen and waiting

Weekend Edition has this town way overrated

Walk across the baseball green the grass has turned to straw

A flock of birds tries to fly away from where you are

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, old friend, I can't make you stay

I can't spend another ten years wishing you would anyway

How the sky turns to fire

Against the telephone wire

And even I'm getting tired

Of useless desires

Everyday I take a bitter pill, it gets me on my way

For the little aches and pains, the ones I have from day to day

To help me think a little less about the things I miss

To help me not to wonder how I ended up like this

Walk down to the railroad track and ride a rusty train

With a million other faces, I shoot through the city veins

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, old friend, you wanted to be free

And somewhere beyond the bitter end is where I wanna be

How the sky turns to fire

Against the telephone wire

And even I'm getting tired

Of useless desires

Say goodbye to the old building that never tried to know your name

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, old friend, you won't be seeing me again

Goodbye to all the window panes shining in the sun

Like diamonds on a winter day, goodbye, goodbye to everyone

How the sky turns to fire

Against the telephone wire

It burns the last of the day down

And I'm the last one hanging around

Waiting on a train track

And the train never comes back

And even I'm getting tired

Of useless desires