When nothing helps (Carrie Newcomer)

Go ahead and sit on the floor 

When you can’t outrun it anymore 

When nothing helps that did before 

Like a river that finally floods the shore 

Someday this will be the past 

And blow away like bones and ash 

But today is no different than the last 

That’s the way things go 

That’s the way things go 

But I’m not lost I’m only wandering 

I’m not adrift, I’m just at sea 

I’m not sure, I’m only guessing 

This is right where I need to be 

In the distance I hear a train 

That keeps rolling on as though nothing has changed 

As if the world could ever be the same 

Refrain 

I saw the sun set up over the ridge 

Shaped like a heart on a knife edge 

And I remembered the last thing you said 

That’s the way these things go 

That’s the way these things go 

Yesterday three golden leaves 

Fluttered down in front of me 

And for a moment I felt the whole world breathe 

For a moment I felt the whole world ease 

So be kind to everyone that you meet 

No matter what you see on the street 

You don’t know what people live down deep 

That’s the way these things go 

That’s the way these things go 

That’s the way these things go 

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