"Not Dark Yet" lyrics

Shadows are fallin' and I've been here all day
It's too hot to sleep and time is runnin' away
I feel like my soul has turned into steel
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal

There's not even room enough to be anywhere
'Cause it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there

Well, my sense of humanity is goin' down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter, and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writin' what was in her mind

I don't see why I should even care
'Cause it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there

Well, I've been to London, I been to gay Paris
I've followed the river, I got to the sea
I've been down to the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain't lookin' for nothin' in anybody's eyes

Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear
It's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there

I was born here, and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm movin', I'm standin' still
Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from

I don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there