Blue Rodeo Outskirts Lyrics

Outskirts Lyrics

Lead Vocal by Greg







Here on the outskirts of life



Dreams seldom come true



Flippin' thru photographs emotional holographs



Cutouts of all the figures you might've been



Reflections of a life that you once lived







As the evening descends 



Your conscious of every breath



And every moment is a crisis, I guess



Starin' out the windows of your hotel room



You lit one too many fires underneath that spoon



Well I guess you deserve the chosen few



Real life, just out of view







Well that's just here,



On the outskirts



Yea, that's here,



On the outskirts of your life







And there's a picture we've all seen



It was taken in the lobby of the L.A. Ambassador Hotel



It's the silhouette of a man in another's arms



So turn off your TVs, and let that train go home



'Cause everyone warned you that California



Wasn't goin' to be the end



California wasn't gonna be the end.







And tell me where can you hide when



the whole world is ugly and strange



Yea tell me where you gonna turn when



this whole world knows your name



And these four walls are screamin' 



And all your friends were so deceiving



Yea you forgot the lines of a part you rehearsed so well



Lyin' awake in the Brazilian Court Hotel







But that's just here,



On the outskirts



Yea, that's here



On the outskirts,



Of your life...