Like a Record Player

I'm like a record player
I keep going 'round
With the needle in my arm
Making someone else's sound
And lately I've been dreaming
Of blue and empty skies
But nothing like that
Ever crosses red and weary eyes

I've been traveling with bottles
I'm working close with cans
I'm sitting up for hours with my best friends in a van
And they say that this ain't living
But I don't know what they mean
'Cause I don't feel dead
And baby you look alive to me
It's the only game that I know how to play

The time, the time to say goodbye
Has passed us long ago
And I would say I've overstayed
My welcome but you know
I don't think I'm ever going home

I don't need a doctor
'Cause anyone can see
That I've had all of these shots
But lord I'm still as sick as I can be
I need to rest my eyes so baby come with me
Lay down here beside me keep me warm while I sleep
'Cause there's trouble on the way
Huh! You best believe
There always is don't worry
Sit and have a drink with me
When we go all we've got is these days that we've made
And I don't want to waste them being wistful or afraid
Without all of you I'd be even lower down
You know what I want to say but I can't get it out

The time, the time to say goodbye
Has passed us long ago
And I would say we've overstayed
Our welcome but you know
I don't think we're ever going home