When you're standing

on the side of a hill

feelin' like your

day may be done

Here it comes

the strawberry smog

chasin' away the sun

Don't let those precious

moments fool you

happiness is

getting you down

A rainbow never

smiles or blinks

it's just a

candy-coloured frown

You were goin' on

at half-past seven

now it's goin' on

a quarter to nine

All the angels

want to know

are you lost

or treading water

And you're goin' on

your fifteenth bender

but you've only

got a matter of time

Yes, we've all got

seeds to sow

not everyone's

got lambs to slaughter

When the night wind

starts to turn

into the ocean breeze

and the dew drops

sting and burn

like angry honey bees

That is when you'll hear the

song falling from the sky

Woah, happy yesterday to all

we were born to die

Sometimes you're

filled with the notion

the afterlife's

a moment away

You want to tell someone

the way that you feel

but then you ain't

got nothing to say

You fight for

freedom from devotion

a battle that'll always begin

with somebody givin' you

a piece of advice

by the way you're livin' in sin

Now there's never

gonna be an intermission

but there'll always

be a closing night

Never entertain

those visions

lest you may have

packed your baggage

First impressions

are cheap auditions

situations are

long goodbyes

Truth so often

living dormant

good luck walks

and bullshit flies

When the headlights

guide your way

you know the place is right

when the tree-tops

sing and sway

don't go to sleep tonight

That is when

you'll see the sign

luminous and high

Woah, tomorrow's not

what it used to be

we were born to die

Woah, happy

yesterday to all

we were born to die