Be Here Now

I got a steady dull pain that still nags at me Lie awake at night with old memories I'm in a padded room in the Chino jail My father's gonna kill me if he posts my bail There's a devil on my shoulder and he won't depart And an angel here to fix mama's broken heart There may be better days down the road I'm on But every billboard reminds me of the wrong I've done Cause fools rush in where angels fear to tread And the truth of that knocked me upside the head When the world is quiet I wanna scream out loud Lord, why can't I just be here now Lord, why can't I just be here now I got a lot of trepidation for the trail ahead Will I strike it rich or just wind up dead I've been rolling for doubles, getting twos and threes Lost my ass at the tables but still won't leave Could a love come along to calm this storm On the dark, cold nights will she keep me warm If I ain't troubled 'bout the future, I'm stuck in the past Flying through the present just waiting to crash The story's better if you don't skip ahead And there's a couple pages that you'll wish you hadn't read When the world is quiet I wanna scream out loud Lord, why can't I just be here now Lord, why can't I just be here now 'Cause fools rush in where angels fear to tread And the truth of that knocked me upside the head When the world is quiet I wanna scream out loud Lord, why can't I just be here now Lord, why can't I just be here now Lord, why can't I just be here now Lord, why can't I just be here now Lord, why can't I just be here now