Sodium Lights

The old man says to me, son, you're looking kind of desperately
Staring at your hands wishing they could be windows.
He gets up and walks away I’m thinking man that's gonna be me someday
Knowing where I went and how I got there

A young girl by the phone wondering why she's just so all alone
And her brother comes in and sits down next to her
They talk about school and stuff, how their classes are getting so damn tough
And they walk from the room and the phone's just lying there

They walk into the street
He's going barefoot and she's shuffling her feet
He grabs her hand they go get something to eat and

Walking through these pools of orange
Cast down by the sodium lights
You start one way and then you follow another
Sooner or later, maybe you just get it right

A son talking on the phone, says Mom, I just want to come on home
I feel like I'm lost and I'm just going nowhere
She smiles though he cannot see, says son, just be what you want to be
And he starts to cry and her voice just holds him

A young woman in a cell thinking man I thought I knew myself so well
And I turned to the crowd and I just stopped thinking.
Where did it all go wrong now I'm stuck in a place that I don't belong
And the road out is just to steep to think about

I've got my head to myself
Feeling like nothing and just crowding my shell
The choice is mine to get to know myself well

Walking through these pools of orange
Cast down by the sodium lights
You start one way and then you follow another
Sooner or later, maybe you just get it right
Sooner or later, maybe you just get it right
Sooner or later, maybe you just get it right

I'm just trying to see that my hands are just another part of me
And the girl and her brother are the simple answer
Mother son on the phone all the little things matter when you're all alone
A voice crying out staring up from the darkness

The old man walked away
Thinking man he's going to be like me someday
Not knowing where he went or how he got there.