Out Among the Stars
It's midnight at a liquor store in TexasClosing time another day is doneWhen a boy walked in the door and points a pistolHe can't find a job, but Lord, he's found a gun
He pulls it off with no trace of confrontationThen he lets the old man run out in the streetEven though he knows they'll come with guns a blazingAlready he can feel a great relief
Oh, how many travelers get wearyBearing both their burdens and their scarsDon't you think they'd love to start all overAnd fly like eagles out among the stars?
He pictures the arrival of the cruisersSees that old familiar anger in their eyesHe knows that when they're shooting at this loserThey'll be aiming at the demons in their lives
Oh, how many travelers get wearyBearing both their burdens and their scarsDon't you think they'd love to start all overAnd fly like eagles out among the stars?
The evening news carries all the detailsHe dies in every living room in townAnd in his own a bottle's thrown in angerAnd his father cries, he'll never live this down
Oh, how many travelers get wearyBearing both their burdens and their scarsDon't you think they'd love to start all overAnd fly like eagles out among the starsAnd fly like eagles out among the stars