[ Featuring the Graveyard Shift ]
Down the alleys of forgotten dreams
The ones you left when you found morphine
It's gettin harder, gettin harder to breathe
Well this new scene isn't all that you thought it'd be
You set 'em up to knock you down
Curse the world when you hit the ground
But you know you can't blame it all on everyone
Cause Manny you're a ranch hand
Gonna find a way to Oakland
Gonna buy yourself a bottle of bourbon
Then you're roundin' up the hurtin'
Then youstumble through the morning with your eyes so bright
Cause Manny you're a ranch hand
Gonna head back to the heartland
Gonna find yourself a woman that'll love you
Make you feel like she's above you
But it just won't matter if the feelings are right
And the song goes like
Down the halls to open doors you shut
You couldn't climb your way out of this rut
And now you're headin to the Texas line
Hopin the devil will just fold his cards this time
They set you up to shoot you down
Curse the world when you hit the ground
But you know you can't blame it all on anyone
Cause Manny, you're a ranch hand
Gonna find a way to Oakland
Gonna buy yourself a bottle of bourbon
Then you're roundin' up the hurtin'
Then you stumble through the morning
With your eyes so bright
Manny you're a ranch hand
Gonna head back to the Heartland
Gonna find yourself a woman who'll love you
Make you feel like she's above you
But it just won't matter if the feelings are right
And the song goes like
Down the highways in a pitch black hearse
The windows tinted with a deadly curse
You couldn't find your way up to the gates
A man can never break away from his path of fate
They dig it up to send you down
No human avoids the hollow ground
But you know you can't blame it on anyone
Cause Manny you're a ranch hand
Gonna get yourself a sun tan
Underneath the hollow lights keep burning
On a heart that's yearning
For a chance to change to a righteous soul
Cause Manny you're a ranch hand
Still just searchin for the heartland
Turned yourself into a tombstone's slave
Inside a pitch black grave
Oh how the pieces fall when a man's alone
And the song grows old
