John Anglin - The Badlands Lyrics

I have roamed these foreign lands for years and years
Stood at the cornerstone of life and fear
And at the pillars of truth where you've made your stand
In denial and in shame with their head in the sand
You see all these things that stand before us now
Will come to pass and fade away or go back in the ground
Why'd you go away like you did?
We were dreaming, we were sleeping
We were kids
Why'd you go away like you did?
We were dreaming, we were sleeping
We were kids

I have been cast away and stranded all these years
In my room or fighting on some last great frontier
They say "Travel west my son and you will find it here"
"Everything your heart desires but not what you hold dear"
And i have marched to the beat of another's drum
But i feel awkward, deaf, blind, and dumb
Why'd you go away like you did?
We were dreaming, we were sleeping
We were kids
Why'd you go away like you did?
We were dreaming, we were sleeping
We were kids
You rode in on a white horse but it won't mean a thing
You keep on repeating the same old things
Judges will judge and preachers will preach
But how will you feel with the homeless sleeping at your feet?