one of them damn days

it was monday or tuesday

or one of them damn days

i was staring backwards from the sun

through an unrelenting haze

i was shaking

reaching for my cup

trying to stir my life around

'cause i thought i saw my baby

on the other side of town

they were just ten and eleven

and almost seventeen

she was barely thirty-five herself

when i turned drunk and mean

someone said they seen 'em back

why would they come around

but i thought i saw my baby

on the other side of town

now the drunkard

he will go to lengths

to justify his state

but the truth is even one's too much

when a hundred will not sate

like a wrecking ball slung through the lives

of all to whom he's bound

well

i thought i saw my baby

on the other side of town

well

i thought if i could make amends

and somehow get in touch

but then i had to take a drink

and it was all too much

i drank the whole rest of the day

i drank that bottle down

'cause i thought i saw my baby

on the other side of town

it was monday or tuesday

or one of them damn days

they keep comin' ever after

nothing changes

nothing stays

just a flickering in black and white

an image with no sound

and i think i see my baby

on the other side of town