Stay Lucky

It took so long to get me back on my feet It takes so long to find the words and the beat And Charlie's waiting on the end of the phone To hear you call on him to try to recapture But them old records won't be saving your soul And them feelings died for reasons, you know That you've forgotten somewhere riding the train To a place you bought out in the Coca And it feels like all you'd have to do is step outside Stop pacing around and waiting for some moment that might never arrive But you're never gonna find it Like when you were young and everybody used to call you Lucky Nothing feels right in the winter and cold Steam, heat, clang and the dark at your door All the other rooms are a party tonight And you never got an invitation And you feel it in your bones, steady aching some more Twenty-five years gone about an hour ago Mama never told me there'd be days like these Till it was much too late to recover And it feels like all you'd have to do is step outside Stop pacing around and waiting for some moment that might never arrive But you're never gonna find it When your knees, they got so weak But it's right here in case you need it Like when you were young and everybody used to call you Lucky When you were young and everybody used to call you Lucky But it feels like you just might explode inside You've been pacing around and waiting for some moment that might never arrive at all What you don't have, you don't need it anymore What you don't have, you don't need it anymore But you're never gonna find it When your knees, they got so weak But it's right here in case you need it Like when you were young and everybody used to call you Lucky When you were young, when everybody used to call you Lucky If you're anywhere in Manhattan in the next eight days or so, let me know Speak soon, stay lucky