Not a Place You Can Stay

there was a fat man onstage, singing Who Do You Love
time was moving backwards around the full moon above and
then the curtain came down
rock and roll was dead
everybody had a bloody bandage
wrapped around their head
and when the doctors arrived
they said there’s nothing left to do now but pray
the nurses whispered to us
that yesterday is not a place you can stay

i bummed a smoke , you bummed a light
we passed the cigarette back and forth, we did that all night
and the angels were singing Roll Over Beethoven
a powerful rain started falling, and the river was swollen
and when the floodwaters rose
your mama and daddy were swept away
that’s how it goes
remember yesterday is not a place you can stay

whatever possessed us to think
we could make the time stand still
as far as i know it never has
i reckon it never will

we better go where the cool kids go
or we’re gonna be left behind
if we can’t make the journey to the center
we’ll at least reach the edges of the mind
i got a feeling my darling
that tonight we're gonna Break On Through
everything's been lined up way too straight
from now it's gonna all go askew
and in the sweet confusion
we’re gonna be happily led astray
it’ll be clearer than ever
that yesterday is not a place you can stay