The story of my life in trying times
How the west was won and where it got us
Just add water, stir in lime
This flyer is out of the line
Now I can't see anything
I struck bad luck, now the bird has died
The story of my life in trying times
Just add water, stir in lime
The story is a sad one, told many times
Canary got trapped in the uranium mine
I made a mistake, chalked it up to design
The story of my life in trying times
I point my nose to the northern star
A stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time
A marker to mark where my tears run dry
The story is a sad one, told many times
I cracked through time, space, godless and dry
The story is a sad one, told many times
And watch the decline from a hazy distance
How the west was won and where it got us
I didn't wear glasses 'cause I thought it might rain
At the crossing of blessed and alkaline
Just add water, stir in lime
