Useless Desires

Say goodbye to the old street that never cared much for you anyway And the different colored doorways you thought would let you in one day Goodbye to the old bus stop frozen and waiting The weekend addition has this town over-rated You walk across the baseball green The grass has turned to straw A flock of birds tries to fly away from where you are Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend I can't make you stay I can't spend another ten years wishing you would anyway How the sky turns to fire Against the telephone wire And even I'm getting tired of useless desires Everyday I take a bitter pill It gets me on my way For the little aches and pains The ones I have from day to day To help me think a little less about the things I miss To help me not to wonder how I ended up like this Walk down to the railroad track and ride a rusty train With a million other faces I shoot through the city veins Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend You wanted to be free And somewhere beyond the bitter end is where I wanna be How the sky turns to fire Against the telephone wire And even I'm getting tired of useless desires Say goodbye to the old building that never tried to know your name Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend You won't be seeing me again Goodbye to all the window panes shining in the sun Like diamonds on a winter day Goodbye, goodbye to everyone How the sky turns to fire Against the telephone wire It burns the last of the day down And I'm the last one hanging around waiting On a train track and the train never comes back And even I'm getting tired of useless desires --- Useless Desires - Patty Griffin