City by the Lake

I was a fire once, I was an animal I was seeing all the weight that I could pull I’d run through the grass, I’d have your heart attack I’d head for the exits without ever looking back I was a look of terror on a haunted face I was three of a kind, I was a pair, an ace I was a troubled mind without a hiding place A word on the wall, a sign you can’t erase Now as the days get short, the weather’s getting colder The money all dries up, the fire starts to smoulder All the nurses’ mothers, all somebody’s daughters, And we’re lost out there floating on the water Another morning in the city by the lake In your heart you know you’ve made a big mistake They say your life boils down to just eleven days Includes those that you’re born and all those you pass away Now as the days get short, the weather’s getting colder The money all dries up, the fire starts to smoulder All the nurses’ mothers, all somebody’s daughters, And we’re lost out there floating on the water You have to life to wait You have your life to waste Now as the days get short, the weather’s getting colder The money all dries up, the fire starts to smoulder All the nurses’ mothers, all somebody’s daughters, And we’re lost out there floating on the water You may find in your life the ways you have to die