Nowhere To Run

[Verse 1]
Uptown blues, nowhere to run
I hid out in the basement waiting
Till all was said and done
Moonlight comes, no one to hold
Am I being insincere when I air
My problems to the world?

[Chorus]
'Cause I've been praying for the one thing I can't have
What I missed when things went bad
And how to tell my old man
Yeah, I've been drowning far from the banks of my hometown
Without a hand to pull me out
Slowly floating my way

[Verse 2]
And I only speak in clichés 'cause I can't think anymore
Months to forget, life to remember
Days that I'm never getting back
And lately I've been staring at the space between the news
Holding on tight, watching the clock tick down
From dusk until the noon

[Chorus]
'Cause I've been praying for the one thing I can't have
What I missed when things went bad
And how to tell my old man
I've been drowning far from the banks of my hometown
Without a hand to pull me out
Slowly floating my way down

[Outro]
'Cause I'm not a new man
Yeah, it's true
But I got a new life
But I still miss you and it hurts
Yeah, it's true