She sits on the sidewalk on the edge of a town Looking over a gutter where the water flows through And yeah it's runnin' hard like a magnet to the salt As the ocean pulls the last days of her life now through a sewer drain And no one looks up but the sun's there in her hand It's gold, it's light, it's scared but it's calm And there's a fire there but the mood moves like a switch On the back end of a back road but the Black end of this match burns and it's gone But the black end of this match burns and it's gone Yeah the black end of this match just burns So many footsteps they just walk there like a ghost She was set to go higher but chained now to the ground There's thinking and breathing, it wants to move ahead But her disillusioned words are ringing out just like a cattle call And preachers preach but most times you don't hear You'll shovel dirt on even the idea of a truth And up ahead the lever shifts to a new track But the train has made up its mind as the Black end of this match burns and it's gone Yeah the black end of this match burns and it's gone Yeah the black end of this match just burns There ain't a basic standard They're all lying to ya Bent outta shape but holding on I don't need your bitterness I don't need your bitterness I don't need your bitterness I don't need you You Oh I don't need you You