Out Among The Stars - Claire Lynch

Out Among The Stars - Claire Lynch
It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas
Beneath the neon
Close up's just begun
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol
He can't find a job but Lord
He's found a gun
He pulls it off
No trace of confrontation
He let's the old man run out in the street
And he knows
That soon they'll come with guns a blazing
And already he can feel a great relief
Oh how many travelers get weary
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
And fly like eagles out among the stars
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes
And he knows that when they're shooting at this loser
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives
Oh how many travelers get weary
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
And fly like eagles out among the stars
The evening news it carries all the details
He dies in every living room in town
And in his home a bottle's thrown in anger
And his father cries
We'll never live this down
Oh how many travelers get weary
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
And fly like eagles out among the stars
And fly like eagles out among the stars