Lyrics

[Verse 1] Hey, when the need becomes too strong or long And drawn out for me to take Like a cigarette burn to the fleshy turbines Of my heart That faded afternoon floats breezily Into my memory Cool shafts of light appear and I'm left here Standing naked on my own [Verse 2] Your voice is small on my voice mail system A million miles away But if I turned it off I would not hear The little things you say "The world must chill," and like a king, I ring up Old acquaintances It's like the man says, "I ain't here on business" It's all work anyway [Chorus] On any other day They say the light has got no equal On any other day [Verse 3] The date's irrelevant, but she was drunk In the heat of the June night The faces in the windows Shouts rang out into dawn's early light The flailing arms and scrambling eggs I fled On my two shambling legs "I gotta go," I said They both looked dead on any other day [Chorus] On any other day They say the light has got no equal On any other day On any other day They say the light has got no equal On any other day [Verse 4] The fire blazed away, the kitchen porch Was all that remained And I'm out here alone, beat up and pissed Until this very day That old hotel rang back in fuzzy time And I was ravaged to the bone Your voice got smaller 'til I realized That it was gone [Chorus] On any other day They'd say the light has got no equal On any other day On any other day I swear the light has got no equal On any other day [Outro] I realize I realize It was gone