The nights are long but your head is clear
You can't wait to get away from here
You realize that time's not on your side
These songs are the window of your soul
It's a missing piece of your God-shaped hole
A back porch pantomime that no one else can hear
There's a lonesome train on a lonesome track
If you leave here you might never come back
It's not who you are it's who you're gonna be
And this livin' thing you know it's killin you by degrees, yeah
This livin' thing you know it's killin you by degrees
Your daughter says gee dad your lookin kind of old
You say, not so much, it's just the rock and roll
It's not everyone who can say they've lived this way
There's a lonesome train on a lonesome track
If you leave here you might never come back
It's not who you are it's who you're gonna be
And this livin' thing you know it's killin you by degrees, yeah
This livin' thing you know it's killin you by degrees
You stumble in at 4:00 a.m.
You never thought you'd be one of them
There's a lot you never took time to think about
The room is cold but your fever's hot
You rise to take just one more shot
That voice in your head it whispers in your ear
There's a lonesome train on a lonesome track
If you leave here you might never come back
It's not who you are it's who you're gonna be
And this livin' thing you know it's killin you by degrees, yeah
This livin' thing you know it's killin you by degrees