Lyrics

[Verse 1] It couldn't have ever dawned on me All the things that I would be I never really looked out quite that far It's never been a simple thing To see the world with a young man's brain With an old man's heart, restless soul [Verse 2] Yeah, my family went broke my eighteenth year Dad took a job many miles from here, that That was alright by me, I was on my own I had a band, found a job, life was alright I worked when I had to, we played all the time Only got through that first year of college, alright [Chorus] But I learned more on the freight docks Drivin' forklifts on a 3 o'clock AM shift In the winter time, man, it got cold Sellin' guitars on the west coast Goin' hungry, chasin' ghosts around And around we would go And I saw it all tendin' bar at night Treatin' saints and sinners right Is a good thing to do all the time You never know who you're talkin' to But always know who's watchin' you Keep your feet movin' straight down the line [Verse 3] I know a lot of real good men Grad school or no school, I've called 'em my friends I'm, well, I'm somewhere in the middle and that's just fine No, I don't give a damn how much money you make If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take I'm, well, I'm goin' out with nothin' like I came in [Chorus] And I learned more on the freight docks Drivin' forklifts on a 3 o'clock AM shift In the winter time, man, it got cold Sellin' guitars on the west coast Goin' hungry, chasin' ghosts around And around we would go And I saw it all tendin' bar at night Treatin' saints and sinners right Is a good thing to do all the time You never know who you're talkin' to But always know who's watchin' you Keep your feet movin' straight down the line [Chorus] And I learned more on the freight docks Drivin' forklifts on a 3 o'clock AM shift In the winter time, man, it got cold Sellin' guitars on the west coast Goin' hungry, chasin' ghosts around And around we would go And I saw it all tendin' bar at night Treatin' saints and sinners right Is a good thing to do all the time You never know who you're talkin' to But always know who's watchin' you Keep your feet movin' straight down the line [Outro] Yeah, and somewhere in the middle's just fine Yeah, somewhere in the middle's just fine