I'm Alright

The american flag at 1: 05
 In the morning in my town
 Is hanging above Main Street
 Stock still above a spot light
 Like a dare to keep the moon from going down
 And I am walking home with beer breath
 Under street lights that are useless
 There's no one here
 No one can hear the sound
 I'm alright
 In the tent sale of my dreams
 I had marked so many down from what I paid
 Growing up and growing older
 I thought man there ain't no profit in this game
 And then my friends began to own things
 And make thirty five a year
 They got jobs with health insurance
 They got cars with second gear
 But I'm alright
 At the corner of Third and Edward
 In the lot across the street from my front porch
 Where the Mexicans play salsa
 In a parking lot that used to be a church
 And they dance sweet and close together
 Where the light shines off the chrome
 The reflection of the homeless
 Who know what it means
 To be home
 And I'm alright
 There are stars in the daylight
 But no one can ever tell
 You can only see them
 From the bottom of a well
 And I have been down to the bottom
 I appreciate the view
 But I am on my way up
 And I am coming to tell you
 I'm alright
 Now as I sit here at my desk in my apartment
 Smoking cigarettes tonight
 Drinking Rhinelander beer in my bare feet
 And toasting everything in sight
 Here's one for Townes Van Zandt
 And here's one for Geronimo
 Here's one for all my good friends
 One for a girl I used to know
 I'm alright