The Years Go Down The 77s

[Verse 1]
I was lying on the inside
All snuggled safe and warm
Now I'm crying on the outside
'Cause all my keys don't fit the door
I'd survive in foggy weather
A little rainfall now and then
But I can't abide this endless desert storm of dry bones, sand, and wind

[Chorus 1]
And so I say
I don't know why, I don't know why
The years go down, the years turn 'round
And now it's comin' down, it's comin' down again
Was I ever on the inside?

[Verse 2]
Time was on my side for so long
'Til it said so long to me
Then it fled and left for dead this dying body on some
Dead man's property
Did I fall down on the first round?
Will I get up for the last?
Too many choices wrong and oh, so long forgotten, buried deep inside
My little shallow past