Somewhere in the Middle

Couldn't have ever dawned on me, all the things that I would be, I

I never really looked out quite that far

It's never been a simple thing, to see the world with a young man's brain, with

An old man's heart, restless soul

Yeah, my family went broke in my eighteenth year

Dad took a job many miles from here, that

That was alright by me, I was on my own

I had a band, found a job, life was alright

I worked when I had to, we played all the time, only

Got through that first year of college alright

But I learned more on the freight docks, driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock AM shift

In the winter time, man, it got cold

Selling guitars on the west coast, going hungry, chasin' ghosts around

And around we would go

And I saw it all tendin' bar at night, treatin' saints and sinners right

It's a good thing to do all the time

You never know who you're talkin' to, but always know who's watching you

Keep your feet movin' straight down the line

I've known a lot of real good men

Grad school or no school, I've called 'em my friends, I'm

I'm somewhere in the middle and that's just fine

No, I don't give a damn how much money you make

If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take, I'm

Well, I'm goin' out with nothin' like I came in

'Cause I learned more on the freight docks, driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock AM shift

In the winter time, man, it got cold

Selling guitars on the west coast, going hungry, chasin' ghosts around

And around we would go

And I saw it all tendin' bar at night, treatin' saints and sinners right

It's a good thing to do all the time

You never know who you're talkin' to, but always know who's watching you

Keep your feet movin' straight down the line

But I learned more on the freight docks, driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock AM shift

In the winter time, man, it got cold

Selling guitars on the west coast, going hungry, chasin' ghosts around

And around we would go

And I saw it all tendin' bar at night, treatin' saints and sinners right

It's a good thing to do all the time

You never know who you're talkin' to, but always know who's watching you

Keep your feet movin' straight down the line

Yeah, and somewhere in the middle's just fine

Yeah, somewhere in the middle's just fine