You lost faith in the human spirit
You walk around like a ghost
Your star-spangled heart
Took a train for the coast
When you shine
You're a hilltop mansion
So how'd you lose the light
Was it blown by the wind
In the still of the night
We're up against the wall
Up against the wall
There's something
dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back
on your feet
No you can't stop now
I always saw you
as a kind of keeper
A mother to a child
But your boys have grown soft
And your girls have gone wild
From the blue ranch
to the black hills
To the redwood sky
The season may pass
But the dream doesn't die
Why did you drop the ball
Up against the wall
There's something
dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back
on your feet
No you can't stop now
When they break your heart
When they cause
your soul to mourn
Remember what I said
Boy you was battle born
No you can't stop now
You was battle born
When the night falls
on the land
Are you haunted
by the sound
It's gonna take more
than a hand
To turn this thing around
Won't you lean it on me
Rescue set me free
Up against the wall
There's something
dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back
on your feet
Cause you can't stop now
Cause you can't stop now
Did they break your heart
Did they break your heart
And did they cause
your soul to moun
Remember what I said
Boy you was battle born
Cause you can't stop now
Cause you can't stop now
Come on show your face
Come on show your face
Come on give us one more spark
So we'll start a fire
Unless we fall into the dark
And you can't stop now
You never know
You never learn
You never shine
If you never burn
The rising tide
The undertow
The venom and
The overflow
You turn away
Welcome home