Some Days You Kill

this house has many mansions
I'm lost and there's no room in my heart
to serve all of these masters or even tell them apart
now the leaves are turning grey
and all the virgins are dying on the vine
the wolf is at the door again
says he won't take promises this time
and you know how it is
to be lonesome and blue
some days you kill
some days just kill you
well it started with a shipwreck in a storm
and now I'm under a spell
it's dark and my intentions are a mystery even to myself
it took me so long to get out of this
and now I'm trying to buy my way back in
I'm getting ready for my close up
swinging for the fences again
and you know how it is
to be lonesome and blue
some days you kill
some days just kill you
now november's bustin' out
and the time is running faster
and the sun is going down
on this beautiful disaster
and I'm getting ready to shine
I'm getting ready to shine
now i'm singing someone else's blues
drinking someone else's champagne
i will ride this high out
'til I dry out again
now the walls are closing in
and my excuses and alibis won't fit
i had a dream about my father
and I woke up with a cough that wouldn't quit
and you know how it is
to be lonesome and blue
some days you kill
some days just kill you