So Real from Stinky Fingers by Craig Johnstone

I've been out walking in the silence
Of these rain-drenched city streets
I saw my life flash before my eyes
And it didn't look too sweet

Stumbling blindly through the wrath and the sorrow
of my every day
Leaving footprints of vain desire
Though the rest of my life is still light years away
It seems I've already walked through the fire

Sometimes fools seem so wise
I can't see the sun though it burns my eyes
Sometimes the best songs don't rhyme
Everything's so real in the welfare line

There's been nights where I lie so lifeless
with the questions burning holes in my mind
Trying desperately to find one more drop of inspiration
Before I can even close my eyes

In the remnant of the fabricated laughter
And the screams that I hear all day (after day after day...)
I wish I could put my mind on a shelf
And wait for it all to go away

Sometimes fools seem so wise
I can't see the sun though it burns my eyes
Sometimes the best songs don't rhyme
Everything's so real in the welfare line

And I know that I'm such a fool to cry
The best things in life are just passing me by
All my dreams talk future while I'm talking jive
Strange things happen when you're ridin' the rainbow
Your whole world comes alive

• Hard Rock
• Rock
• alt-country
• cowpunk
• humorous
• punk rock
• Calgary