Shadows are falling, and I've been here all day
It's too hot to sleep and time is running away
I feel like my soul has turned into steel
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't let me heal
There's not even room enough to be anywhere
And it's not dark yet, but it's getting there
Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing what was in her mind
I just don't see why I should even care
And it's not dark yet, but it's getting there
Well, I've been to London and I've been to gay Paris
I've followed the river and I got to the sea
I've been down to the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain't lookin for nothing in anyone's eyes
Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear
And it's not dark yet, but it's getting there
I was born here and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from
I don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
And it's not dark yet, but it's getting there
Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear
And it's not dark yet, but it's getting there