Unravel

I've been livin' out here by the hydro towers

Tryin' to feel my feet and regain my powers

Livin' on the flight path, tryin' to feel the ground

Tryin' to break the chains that hold me to this town

I've been watchin' the crows, sittin' on the wires

Listenin' to the muscle cars burnin' their tires

I thought I'd stick around for a month or so

Well I've been here for seven and this is what I know

You can read a lot of books, it don't make you smart

Kiss a lot of fools, don't mean you got a heart

Walk a million miles, don't mean that you traveled

You can make a perfect plan, and see it all unravel

Well you know who your friends are when you go through trouble

They're the ones who come around and pull you from the rubble

The phone don't ring as many times a day

But when it does, they have somethin' good to say

I watch the new mothers push their strollers on my street

They're scared and they're happy and they're sad and they're sweet

I watched two seasons come and go

And this is what I know

You can read a lot of books, it don't make you smart

Kiss a lot of fools, don't mean you got a heart

Walk a million miles, don't mean that you traveled

You can make a perfect plan, and see it all unravel

Now I'm sittin' in the window and I'm watchin' it rain

Thunder and lightenin', love and shame

It took me four long years to crawl down to this place

It'll take four to get back and it ain't no race

Now there's cats on the sidwalk, dogs under trees

And the wheels on the pavement buzz like honey bees

The laundry's wet and the wind is gonna blow

And I don't care 'cause this is what I know

You can read a lot of books, it don't make you smart

Kiss a lot of fools, don't mean you got a heart

Walk a million miles, don't mean that you traveled

You can make a perfect plan, and see it all unravel