Well I rode a while, for a mile or so
   Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
   And the people I saw were the people I know
   And they all came down to take a view
   Oh the path was dark and borderless
   Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
   And it stung my tongue to repeat the words
   That I used to use only yesterday
   Meanings just dropped to the ground
   I tried to remember what I thought
   And what I used to say
   "Don't let me go down" no don't let me go
   Oh my hands were tied as I struggled inside
   The empty waste of another day
   Memories were blank to my eyes
   The fire and the glory of that night
   Seemed safely locked away
   Too hungry to rise. Too hungry to
   Well I rode a while, for a mile or so
   Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
   And the people I saw were the people I know
   And they all came down to take a view
   Oh the path was dark and borderless
   Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
   But my head felt better as I turned the car
   And the airport slowly came to view
   One mile said the sign
   Checked my bags and made it straight to end gate 22
   Made it just in time, boy you've made it just in time