this town is dead this world is rotten i ve seen this country s fifty states and i ve forgotten every name and every place i drank my way through every hour of every day i ve spent away from home and it doesn t mean shit to me cause i didn t see it with you no it doesn t mean shit to me alone this brain is dead this body s rotting i came i saw i never conquered anything i ve spent my life in vans on tours in rich men s homes on poor men s floors i ve sold my soul to find a shred of hope and it doesn t mean shit to me cause i didn t find it with you no it doesn t mean shit to me alone someday i ll be gone and all this forgotten with these cold and lonely words someday i ll be dead and this all for nothing she ll live the way she should but when you see her remind her i tried and tell her see you to remember i ve tried