Wonder Boys

Not Dark Yet

Wonder Boys


Shadows are falling and I've been here all day 
It's too hot to sleep time is running away 
Feel like my soul has turned into steel 
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal 
There's not even room enough to be anywhere 
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there 

Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain 
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain 
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind 
She put down in writing what was in her mind 
I just don't see why I should even care 
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there 

Well, I've been to London and I've been to gay Paree 
I've followed the river and I got to the sea 
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies 
I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes 
Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear 
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there 

I was born here and I'll die here against my will 
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still 
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb 
I can't even remember what it was 
I came here to get away from 
Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer 
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there.