Faintly fading sirens in my ear I guess that we survived another year The lights are blowing circuits in my brain I don't yet know the damage I've sustained I put my life into a suitcase yesterday Rolled it down the hall and then went on my way Is this lights out? Cause I'm not ready to go down yet Lights out and I won't soon forget how good it's been The streets outside are buzzing day and night The television tells us why we fight But I don't care about who's wrong or right I just want to see her face tonight I lit a candle for my loved ones back at home Set upon the task that only I alone can do I've stumbled through that dark place In my mind and find those memories Still stacked along the back of that old head of mine That's the way that I remember much of these early years