We go down to that corner We go down to meet our ball and chain Down to that corner, and the road back home is never the same We go down like sinking suns, bleeding light on everyone. Like the hammer of that gun, we go down We go down to that corner when our heavy hearts have heard the sound Down to that corner, and the next you know we are down for the count And there are oceans in our shoes, and the way the mountains move As the earth is split in two, we all fall down We went down to that corner when the grated road would shake her Like a lonely undertaker, pulling over to the shoulder And with no one there to hold her, I can see her still inside dreams, And a canopy of concrete, seeking cover of the I-beams or the speed of the express lanes In remembrance of ashtrays, burning bright as better past days, Sunken skeletons in closets, nursing bones broken by promise I said Cheer up, baby, cheer up Cheer up. Baby, cheer up Cheer up, Baby, Cheer up The horizon's getting near, up there ahead We went down to that corner, we went down to free our ball and our chain