As The World Turns

I'm checkin' out, checking on a late night flight LAX a horror show Still I'd rather be here sweatin' out another take-off Than living in the valley below And I never get comfort in the earth or sky It's my belief they're not my home The world spins one way, but I go another Against the grain, one often stands alone As the world turns, it slaps me hard As the world turns, it tells me I'm weak As the world turns, I drop my guard As the world turns, I turn the other cheek I sing Hey oh, slaps me hard Hey oh, slaps me hard Hey oh, slaps me hard I put it all together in the exercise yard Dreams that die too easy in the vengeance of time Some values given up for others And this, I think, is the essence of our tragedy: Our fallenness, our bond with one another And you always hear about it in the evening news You get it in the morning paper But if you think it's always gonna be this way I say it's gonna change, much sooner than later Many people wanting the elixir of youth Through defeats and through disasters Stifling the only thing that changes it all Love is what I'm going after Achievements always falling into yesterday I'm a pupil in an Intro class New cars, travels, love affairs cannot provide The way out of life's iron cast