A sadness blurs the eye
Numbers roll on in, smilin' a lottery grin
And offer up another chance
The silent nation hooked on medication
For a little bit more service and repair
Doesn't take much time for plans to go wrong
They say, "Deep down inside
Doesn't take much time for plans to go astray
And do a little bit of service and repair
Doesn't take much time for plans to change
And chase another ghost of a chance
Lie properties of a healin' kind"
Doesn't take much time for plans to change
If so it'd better come around soon
It's just a matter of time before they're movin' on
Where no one walks the streets at night
The young drift off alone and the old are whisked away
In the shadow of chain-store ghost towns
And prospects keep lookin' up
And offer up another chance
Do a little bit of service and repair
Stares into a blue flickerin' light
It's just a matter of time in they're movin' on
The line's getting longer on the lost highway
But the line is getting long on the lost highway
The flow is floodin' of urban settlers
Do a little more service and repair
Pannin' through rivers runnin' dry
And chase another ghost of a chance
A little bit more service and repair
At sewin' the dream better suited
