Friends and Family - River City Extension

Some times I wonder where I’d be if all my friends abandoned me On a vessel out to sea,

took every lifeboat and they ran

It’s funny how we’d switch our roles

with empty cabins empty hulls

And all the food filled up with mold,

I’d stand on deck without a hand

Feeling so much bigger than I am And so I dim the lights, and I crack a beer

I think to myself about the things

I said I’d do this year

Growing old takes its toll until you’re losing

track of all the things you won’t have back again

Five minutes pass and I get scared

I take the ladder, than the stairs

Trying hard to get some air

inside these lungs that I neglect

I grip the wheel and try to turn

I never looked, I never learned

Just playing captain to my kind,

to think it never crossed my mind

Please forgive me, I want to go home

Wake me up now, I’m so tired of being lonely

Strips of moonlight in the clouds are breaking through

I’ll be dreaming, baby I’ll be dreaming of you

After a night without a mate

I hung my head and loved my fate

Counted the hairs upon my face,

I never thought I’d have the time

But when the day came to an end

I missed my family and my friends

All driven out by my control

if everyone do what they’re told

I wouldn’t be so bold, I wouldn’t act so old

Hey honey, I wouldn’t stay so cold

And so I dim the lights and I crack a beer

I think to myself about the things

I’ll probably do next year

Growing old never takes its toll until you’re losing

track of all the things you won’t have back again

And there’s so many of them

Then one morning I awoke

Inside a clearing in the smoke

My fist like quarters, scratching wax off of my eyes

I hit the door then I hit the roof

I bit my tongue, I broke a tooth

I saw a landing to the left of the sunrise

And I cried: please forgive me, I want to go home

Wake me up now, Oh, I’m so tired of being lonely (That's right)

Strips of moonlight in the clouds are breaking through

I’ll be dreaming, baby I’ll be dreaming of

I’ll be dreaming, baby I’ll be dreaming, yeah

I’ll be dreaming, baby I’ll be dreaming of you