As tears roll by

I've been working downtown inside my troubles 
I've been working downtown inside my troubles 
I've been sleeping under the bridge of highway 1 
And I don't know who my savior is 
As tears roll by 

Oh dear heart I know it's been a long time 
And the pendulum swings so wide 
I've been wrestling with the burning spear 
With the burning spear 
Don't want to be like this another year 
As tears roll by 

I could never see your perfect rainbow 
Avalanche buried me deep in the snow 
Murky smoke stack made me fall 
Cold ambition written on my wall 
I got mixed up and fell down 
I got mixed up 
As years roll by 

I could be a patriot if I could see 
But the T.V. talkin' man make no sense to me 
And I don't know where our savior lives 
And I don't know where my savior is 
Building up, building down 
As tears roll by 

Gotta keep my spirit out of trouble 
Keep myself out of trouble 
But the hands of need are calling me 
I feel mortality 
Tumble down, tumble down 
As years roll by 

They were building a building like forever 
Heads buried deep inside a fever 
The spirit cried out from the ground 
Sweet, sweet maternal sounds 
Tumble, tumble, tumble down tumble to the ground 
As fears roll by 
As tears roll by, as tears roll by, as tears roll by, as tears roll by