How The West Was Won

Light me a smoke

I'll tell you a story

Of how the west was won

Flew over diamonds

East river shining

A city sinking in the mud

And in a second

A life-long second

I knew what we'd become

We use up people, use up time

Use up places, we say goodbye

Searching for the crowded hour

Now there's a buzzing in the wires

Look for lightning in your eyes

And I see it there

Hey hey Rockstar

Let's play happy

This could be our final hour

I'll take your picture

But who needs pictures?

They only strip you of your power

Don't lose your nerve now

Feel the curve of the earth now

Rising up to meet your feet

We use up people, use up time

Use up places, we say goodbye

Never find the crowded hour

It's time to move the saints again

Curse the sun to kill the rain

I wish I knew just how

We should have driven

Out to the ocean

Our hands tied to the wheel

Now something's broken

Don't know what's broken

Or if I want it healed

We use up people, use up time

Use up places, we say goodbye

Where the hell's the crowded hour

Scattered thoughts and promises

Let the wind take all that's left

There's nothing for you here

So take a card and put it back

Hide the faces cut the pack

The future's not that clear

Light me a smoke

I'll tell you a stroy

Of how the west was won

You wanted glory

Well here's your glory

Just look what we've become