That's the way you know the story goes   Between euphoria and the afterglow   I don't believe in what the good book says   I close my eyes and then I go to bed      With funny memories and a broken nose   Lots of baggage and not much clothes   The shrink the gypsy the poet the priest   Everybody wants to be released      And I know time was gonna change us   So slow life would rearrange us      Lately it's alright   Down here with me   People at midnight pretend their free   Maybe it's all gone   I'm holding on      Ooh it ain't so funny after all   Ooh it ain't so funny after all we've been through   Ooh it ain't so funny after all      That's the way you know the story goes   A box of flowers decompose   And you and me you know we don't talk much   It's hard to handle something you can't touch      And I know time was gonna change us      Lately it's alright   Down here with me   People at midnight pretend their free   Maybe it's all gone   I'm holding on      How was I to know   The future's black as coal?   How was I to see if you were still with me?      Downliner   Down to the sea   Downliner   Down here with me   Downliner