Silverlake

I wake up tired
 I wake up late
 It gets dark these days about half past eight
 Waited for good fortune
 To come to me
 Waited till I couldn't stand my own company
 My friends said there's gold
 In those hills out West
 I thought I'd put that old notion to the test
 They said, "Be careful, man
 The sun don't rise it sets"
 Maybe that's funny to you
 It's just a matter of tryin'
 It's just a matter of cryin'
 It's just a matter of lyin'
 To yourself
 And, everybody else
 Now, I'm a stranger where I've been
 Many times before
 But, nothin' much scares me anymore
 A bullet through the heart
 Of the city of my birth
 A target on my back
 Everywhere I go on this earth
 I know I will never go home anymore
 What I'd find I'm not even sure
 An orphan in the storm in the Land of
 Setting Sun
 How can I explain this to you?
 It's just a matter of tryin'
 It's just a matter of cryin'
 It's just a matter of lyin'
 To yourself
 And, everybody else
 Every night we ride the Mystery Train
 Leaving behind the Human Stain
 And, yes I carry a few regrets
 None of which I will ever forget
 But, I love a woman
 And she loves me right back
 My songs are my lantern
 My dreams are my map
 Another chapter in the Big Book of Me
 Who knows how this story ends?
 It's just a matter of tryin'
 It's just a matter of cryin'
 It's just a matter of lyin'
 To yourself
 It's just a matter of tryin'
 It's just a matter of cryin'
 It's just a matter of lyin'
 To yourself
 And, everybody else