Lyrics - John Alone

John Alone
(Lyrics based on a poem of the
same name by Harrison Sheppard )

I hope when I die
In my sleep I'm not dreaming of
Flesh and Blood and Maybe

I won't - if I try to
Live like time is running out
And today is the last day of my life

But today I'm just a John Alone
Wake up to the radio, past the sunrise
With nothing else to wake me

Then it's - to the office, read the mail
Clickity-clack all day in jail where
If I'm good they'll put me in a corner with a view - Big Deal!
At Alcatraz they had one too

I hope when I die
In my sleep I'm not dreaming of
Flesh and Blood and Maybe

I won't - if I try to
Live like time is running out
And today is the last day of my life

But today I'm just a happy cog
Spinning with the wheel
'Round and around 'til you can't feel
Spin 'til you forget to dream..
That's where you belong
A happy, happy, happy cog

Still, I hope when I die
In my sleep I'm not dreaming of
Flesh and Blood and Maybe

I won't - if I try to
Live like time is running out
And today is the last day of my life

But I'm a John Alone and at the end of the day
We all pass GO!, collect our pay
Then hurry down, get all inside
Hands to yourself while you ride
Eyes down, cast about side-to-side
But never meet, not when we ride
You're a John Alone on your way home

Look over and you'll find
Someone sleeping in your bed tonight
But how the? What the? Who the? When did they get there?

They've been there all the time
Just lately it's same
If it don't change day-to-day are you really alive?
Are you really alive?

Are you really alive
If all you see is walls and halls and the TV?
Are you really alive if you never see the sun?
Are you really alive if you're a John Alone?

No! I hope when I die
In my sleep I'm not dreaming of
Flesh and Blood and Maybe