Before I Go Away

Well I've been feelin' like my yesterday is gone

And my brain cells are functioning like Cheech and Chong

And I been livin' present, future but no past

I think its time to kick these drugs and do it fast

And hope the music is the drug that brings content

And it's a high, like gettin' by, it was heaven sent

I chose to cry my blues for my fellow man

Now I sing the blues but it's only 'cause I can

That's why I'm gonna leave y'all

Today, yeah

I'm sick of being a lighting rod conducting all your pain

And I don't sleep, no

I self-medicate

So I sing one more song before I go away

See I've been tryin' to make my mind up but I can't

'Cause when I'm high then I can lie like a president

So I lie and tell myself the pain ain't real

But without pain, the song I sing ain't go no feel

That's why I'm gonna leave y'all

Oh, today-ay

I'm sick of being a lighting rod conducting all your pain

And I don't sleep, no

I self-medicate

So I sing one more song before I go away

Before, before, before I

Before I go away

Yes, before I go away

They don't feel a thing

Less I sing it like I feel it

They won't hear the words I sing

Unless they see my wounds still be

Alone upon the stage

I'm gonna waste my life away

I'll fight the beast another day

That's why I'm gonna leave y'all

Oh, today

I'm sick of being a lighting rod conducting all your pain

And I don't sleep, no

I self-medicate

I sing one more song before I go away

Before, before, before

Before I go away

Before I go away