There's a cold wind blowing through the southern cave mines Somewhere in parks city and its closing time To another dead end week in a vacant life People talking about Joe and what went down How you can find justice in a Utah town So you tip your hat to a stranger and walk on by Waiting on a chance to shine Waiting on a chance to shine In the sidewalks factories and fields you'll find Dust filled dream laying flat on the ground Waiting on a chance to shine Waiting on a chance to shine The world is full of lonely fools Staring at eachother from across the rooms Wishing they could get up their nerves to speak their minds But its hard for a man to stand his ground Locked up in state prison and beaten down Watching shadows creeping cross the walls through sleepless nights Waiting on a chance to shine Waiting on a chance to shine Justice is a woman in a rocking chair Combing the tangles from her long black hair Waiting on a chance to shine Waiting on a chance to shine There's an empty feeling in sugar house park And the memory looks in long after dark As the people try to tell the story of a crooked trial How the workers can stop a speeding train Tying their ships in the ocean with mighty chains Every wheels in gods creation every mill and mine Waiting on a chance to shine Waiting on a chance to shine Everytime I dream about better times I can feel Joe's ashes stiring deep inside Waiting on a chance to shine Waiting on a chance to shine There's a cold wind blowing through the southern cave mines Somewhere in parks city and its closing time To another dead end week in a vacant life