We Go Down to That Corner

We go down to that corner
 We go down to meet our ball and chain
 Down to that corner, and the road back home is never the same
 We go down like sinking suns, bleeding light on everyone. Like the hammer of that gun, we go down
 We go down to that corner when our heavy hearts have heard the sound
 Down to that corner, and the next you know we are down for the count
 And there are oceans in our shoes, and the way the mountains move
 As the earth is split in two, we all fall down
 We went down to that corner when the grated road would shake her
 Like a lonely undertaker, pulling over to the shoulder
 And with no one there to hold her, I can see her still inside dreams,
 And a canopy of concrete, seeking cover of the I-beams or the speed of the express lanes
 In remembrance of ashtrays, burning bright as better past days,
 Sunken skeletons in closets, nursing bones broken by promise
 I said
 Cheer up, baby, cheer up
 Cheer up. Baby, cheer up
 Cheer up, Baby, Cheer up
 The horizon's getting near, up there ahead
 We went down to that corner, we went down to free our ball and our chain