I Can't Escape the Blues

I know my life is out there

I’m running out of time

But I know I’ll make it out here

I’ll make it out alive

There are open arms around me

And I can’t really see

The protection and affection

That can’t take a grip of me

Sometimes I find it hard to stand

I need something to do

I can’t shake off the feeling

That I can’t escape the blues!

He's got me in his stronghold

He's got me in his grasp

I can't escape the torture

‘Cause he just sits and laughs

Please, sir, can't you help me?

I know you've been here too

But I've got to do it my way,

Just give me another clue

As walking in the morning

Is bloody hard to do

So I’ve got to keep on moving

Or I won’t escape the blues!

I feel like I am standing

Alone and on the brink

I know my life has begun

And will be gone in a blink

I’m walking through the wilderness

To catch the wild beast

But the branches wrap around me

And I find it hard to breathe

The seeds have set to blow my fuse

I can’t escape the blues!

My pessimism’s bleeding

From the smile upon my face

As I look at the misery

Of the worlds own poor disgrace

Most people walk an odyssey

A never-ending road

And where this road will lead us

No one will ever know

The wind is strong and howling

It’s blowing in the mist

It’s captured every vision

And mislaid every kiss

There's got to be hope somewhere

Someone give me a sign!

Questions to be answered

Will I get out alive?

What’s this? Where am I going?

Sometimes I don’t have a clue

I can’t shake off the feeling

That I can’t escape the blues!