East Side of Sorrow 18 years old full of hate, they shipped me off in a motorcade They said boy you’re going to fight a war You don’t even know what you’re fighting for I lost friends in the august heat At night it was god I’d always meet I said lord won’t you bring me home I’ve got women in the west I wanna hold And I lost you in a waiting room after sleeping there for a week or two Doctor said he did all he could you were the last thing I had that was good So I walked miles on the tulsa streets Light started beaming in from the east 6am and fucked up again asking god where the hell he’d been He said the sun’s going to rise tomorrow Somewhere on the east side of sorrow You better pack your bags west stick out your chest and then hit the road The suns going to rise tomorrow somewhere on the east side of sorrow Don’t give it a reason to follow let it be and then let it go Let it be and then let it go Heard your brother lost his mind in the city last fall Was it his blood or his conscious or the alcohol Did the navy do him well or did he wind up sick Like every other brave boy from these run down sticks Do you ever get tired of singing songs like all your pain is just another fucking sing along If you ever get the time come on home I heard turnpikes back together and they’re writing songs He said the sun’s going to rise tomorrow Somewhere on the east side of sorrow You better pack your bags west stick out your chest and then hit the road the sun’s going to rise tomorrow Somewhere on the east side of sorrow Don’t give it a reason to follow Let it be then let it go Let it be then let it go