A Way Out - Jill Andrews

tighten up your fist

they’re comin back for you

i know they’ll break you down

with every meaning to

just weave your way up town

through all those dirty streets

never get you down

on the soles of your runnin feet

and i’ve had restless sleep

riddled with dreams of you

all real in my head

against a sky that’s often blue

you say you don’t

then you act just like you do

most the time you won’t

but some days you do come through

rest a little bit

but hold your head up

and don’t you ever quit

no matter what they told you

oh just leave a mark

lift your leg up to a tree

even though it’s dark

get out of bed and get on your feet

and so you had a dream

the devil came by your door

and whispered through the screen

you’ll have beauty and nothing more

but you were asleep

and by now you’ve realized

evil’s just something

that people grow behind their eyes

and maryanne

this is the last time

that i’ll tell you

they’re all fools

they’re all fools

and maryanne

if i could give you

a way out

a way out

a way out

i would

i would