Dead Friends Don't Pay Debts

(album: To The Sons & Daughters Of Woody Guthrie - 2009)

We're going nowhere with our backs against the wall
We'll take it all we'll watch them fall for one and all
We're going nowhere we're not giving up this ground
We claim it all the lost the found
And it's hard to find your way back home when you're all alone
I know how you feel
It's the same sad song that just plays too long
Do you fear like I fear
I'm just trying to find who my friends are
If it takes losing all of them just to find the real one
Well no way shape or form will I tolerate the back and forth
Between the faith that's lost in me and the angry faces I see

If every dog has its day
Then god forbid that dog's day be today
We're singing along to these siren songs
We're dreamers with our ends in sight
It's never too late for you to hitch a ride
We're singing along to these siren songs

There's something about the way we sing with our backs against the wall
There's something about the way it never fails to seem
(We'll take then all we'll watch them fall)
That if nothing ever changes and nothing ever gets better with time
We'll keep singing

We were reckless throwing caution to the wind
We left the wreckage never to return again
We're singing along to these siren songs
We're no angels no strangers to sin
We've been disheartened I've lost too many friends
Still we're singing along to these siren songs
And we'll keep singing along