Once Was Promising

Watching the clock running down Aint got forever any more God knows I’ve learned its hell in the hallway, While you’re waiting for that opening door. Dont believe much in Jesus But I’m told he once believed in me But what would he think if he’d chosen the same road And walked in the same shoes as me? Just one more shot at the silver lining Just one more rainbow to follow If not today, then theres twice as far to run tomorrow Dont care nothing any more for money, dont care to beg steal or borrow Because I once was promising… but now its left me hollow Just one more song, that’ll open the door Just to prove I’ve got it, then I wont worry anymore. But the chords wont come and the words wont flow Dont want ya to hear it yet, I dont wanna hear you say “no” Maybe I’m a fool, but its my call to say so Just one more shot at the silver lining Just one more rainbow to follow If not today, then theres twice as far to run tomorrow Dont care nothing any more for money, dont care to beg steal or borrow Because I once was promising… but now its left me hollow Just one more chapter of the story to tell I already know who dies in the end, I wrote it so well Lost in an online sea of unknown dreamers just like me Trying to be heard above all the noise in the game But it all sounds, exactly the same Just one more shot at the silver lining Just one more rainbow to follow If not today, then theres twice as far to run tomorrow Dont care nothing any more for money, dont care to beg steal or borrow Because I once was promising… but now its left me hollow Just one more brush stroke to finish the picture To hang it with all the rest Forty years of dreams on canvas Like I’ve given myself a test A life’s work in a gallery on Main Street where no one comes But they’re snapshots in time forever, what is done is now done Just one more shot at the silver lining Just one more rainbow to follow If not today, then theres twice as far to run tomorrow Dont care nothing any more for money, dont care to beg steal or borrow Because I once was promising… but now its left me hollow Just one more performance, one more show To find a dream realised and end up so soon despised But I cant afford to let it go So much talking, drinking, tobacco, it doesnt move me any more I always thought this was what I wanted… but now I’m not so sure any more. Just one more shot at the silver lining Just one more rainbow to follow If not today, then theres twice as far to run tomorrow Dont care nothing any more for money, dont care to beg steal or borrow Because I once was promising… but now its left me hollow