Black Hole

I put on my clothes like a bodyguard.
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard.
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
And I don't rock the boat but it's always unsteady.
There's an elephant in my head
And I tiptoe around it.
There are eggshells on the floor
Therefore I never touch the ground.
It's like that old black hole.
No matter how you try,
You set out each day
Never to arrive.
I've got my eyes on the prize
But it looks just like a mystery
And it all goes by
On the lonesome trail to victory.
I'm drawin' the blinds,
I got my own four walls
Man, the show really starts
Once the curtain falls.
Take this thorn from my side,
Fix this chip on my shoulder.
Time is racing with the clock
And I ain't gettin' any older.
It's like that old black hole.
No matter how you try,
You set out each day
Never to arrive.
I put on my finest thread.
I weap up my body tight.
With the sun in my eyes
I step into the night.
Like the mystery in the dark,
It's just another kind of light.
I don't expect you to believe me
But everything is alright.
I don't make rules for a living.
I don't do tricks for a dime.
I was borrn on a good day
Deaf, dumb and blind.
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.
I don't know how to say it
But I know I can show you.
I tie my boots up tight
And I head straight for bed.
There's a pistol and a crystal
Underneath my pillow
There's a tender heart
Inside that ugly armadillo,
"These are tears of joy"
Cried the weeping willow.
There's a spirit in the air
And there ain't no way around it.
I was not prepared to lose it
On the moment that I found it.
It's like that old black hole.
No matter how you try,
You set out each day
Never to arrive.