Car Lights flash my eyes
Blinded, Hypnotized
Lord knows 
I'm livingand 
I'm never coming back
Now one generation dies
Next one wins the prizeand that's the big surprisethere's demise in all of their liesit's never to late to realize
That's just the way things arethat's just the way it is now [x2]
I walk through the cemeteryit's all empty
Now I put a roseon the grave of a fallen hero
And I look out into the wild
All I see is emptiness
So much loneliness
I just want forgiveness
That's just the way things arethat's just the way it is now [x2]
When dreams fade away
It won't be long
End up singing the same old song
What went right, 
What Went 
WrongBad times here, 
Good times gone
First rule they always sell
Second rule never tell
Third rule straight to hell
White collar criminals
Living in jailit's all that they gave
Sold your soul to get paid
Buy you end up in an early grave
Your own neck you can't saveit's a letter that you can't sendit's a wound that will never mend
Pain level peaks at ten
Some stand out 
Some stand in
That's just the way things arethat's just the way it is now [x2]