I cannot say that I know you wellBut you can't lie to me with all these books that you sellI'm not trying to follow you to the end of the worldI'm just trying to leave something behindWords have come from men and mouthsBut I can't help thinking that I've heard the wrong crowdWhen all the water is gone my job will be tooAnd I'm trying to leave something behindOh money is free but love costs more than our breadAnd the ceiling is hard to reachOh the future ahead is broken and redBut I'm trying to leave something behindThis whole world is a foreign landWe swallow the moon but we don't know our own handWe're running with the case but we ain't got the goldYet we're trying to leave something behindMy friends I believe we are at the wrong fightAnd I cannot read what I did not writeI've been to His house, but the master is goneBut I'd like to leave something behindThere is a beast who has taken my brainYou can put me to bed but you can't feel my painWhen the machine has taken the soul from the manIt's time to leave something behindOh money is free but love costs more than our breadAnd the ceiling is hard to reachOh the future ahead is already deadSo I'm trying to leave something behindI got this feeling that I'm still at the shoreAnd pockets don't know what it means to be poorI can get through the wall if you give me a doorSo I can leave something behindOh wisdom is lost in the trees somewhereYou're not going to find it in some mental gray hairIt's locked up from those who hurry aheadAnd it's time to leave something behindOh money is free but love costs more than our breadAnd the ceiling is hard to reachWhen my son is a man he will know what I meantI was just trying to leave something behindI was just trying to leave something behind