Nobody's Song Lyrics

I don't own the songs I'm singing

They found me by the road

And let me come along for the ride

Sometimes they're only wordplay

Sometimes they're almost true

Telling everybody's history but mine

There's a soldier just returned

Forever damaged from the war

There's a sailor forever lost in time

Songs to lift your spirits

Songs to break your heart

Telling everybody's story but mine

Maybe I was killing time while time was killing me

Ignoring all the people in my head

Peering out of broken mirrors to tell their broken tales

All the people in my dreams and in my head

A city sleeps in sunlight

A seascape in the storm

A town that I might go back to some time

Words I heard from lovers

For a lifetime or a night

Singing anybody's melody but mine

Friends and lovers past and gone

Places I should be

Dreams that died and others that came true

Time we spent together

Too much time spent apart

Someone gone forever, much too soon

I was only killing time while time was killing me

Ignoring all the people in my head

Peering out of broken mirrors to tell their broken tales

All the people in my dreams and in my bed

I don't own the song I'm singing

It found me by the road

And let me come along for the ride

Maybe it's just wordplay

Perhaps it's almost true

Telling nobody's story but mine