Today there was a thunderstorm
I see it through the door
If I get struck by lightning
My heart won't beat anymore
In other words... nothing changes
I went down to the river
The water's turning brown
If the levy breaks
I will surely drown
In other words... nothing changes
I'm driving through the field
The field sowed with corn
I saw a dead dog lying on the side of the road
My baby left me yesterday
She packed up all her clothes
She said that I would never change
I would never change
I would never change
This bottle's almost empty
I cannot catch a buzz
The radio's a tragedy
Of country songs and fuzz
In other words... nothing changes
The daylight always fails me
There's no secret he can keep
The midnight will embrace me
But she will not let me sleep
In other words... nothing changes
Today there was a thunderstorm
It came in from a far
Lightning bolts came beating down
The earth was burned and scarred
My baby left me yesterday
She drove off in her car
She said I would never change
I would never change
I would never change
The kitchen clock is ticking,
The faucet's got a leak,
And like that water dripping
I'm on the path that resists the least
In other words... nothing changes
I'm falling to the bottom
The bottom of a hill
Where rich men build their mansions
And marry pretty girls
In other words... nothing changes
And if I had a little
Of what they got up there
If things were different
If life was fair
My baby'd be beside me now
Together through this storm
But they're some things that just cannot change
They cannot change
They cannot change
Cannot change
The night is awfully quiet
There's no friends I can call
I'm standing on a wooden chair
And if I should fall...
Nothing would change
Nothing will change
Yes it's that which hangs you up
That holds me down
Yes it's that which hangs you up
Holds me down
Yes it's that which hangs you up
That holds me down