SPITSHINE

sometimes it's hard to learn the lessons of all our yesterdays
i have followed backstreet prophets down some blind alleyways
something falls by the wayside, and the wayside's where it stays
   gotta find a way
   to keep movin on
sometimes it's hard to know what's going down behind the wonderwall
i have loitered where the shadows pour down like a waterfall
when a man falls in the darkness and nobody sees him fall
   nobody knows
   that he's gone

johnny puma would ya spit shine my walkin shoes
the choice ain't what it used to be, but i'm still gonna choose
gonna find a way to slip some shine into these backalley blues

sometimes it's easy to forget that there are worse places than here
every pain and every burden could be something more severe
fall down into darkness and quickly disappear
   who's gonna know 
   that you're gone
sometimes it's easy to forget that there might be a better way
sometimes it's hard to learn the lessons from yet another yesterday
you fall down by the wayside, and the wayside's where you stay
   gotta find a way
   to keep movin on

johnny puma would you spit shine my walkin shoes
i've travelled down some hard roads and i've paid a lot of dues
gonna find a way to slip some shine into these backalley blues