High Horse

If I come down from my high horse and you come down from your hill
I’ll ride up from the valley from our place by the mill
The neighborhood’s gone quiet since the good jobs have gone
With the odds against us stacked a thousand to one
Oh everything’s changing, the new jobs don’t pay
Our old street is crumbling young ones are moving away
So that why I called you, I know you could help
And if you were inclined to, you could swing it yourself
Please do it for Gracie if not for my sake
Back then when she chose me maybe she made a mistake
Our memories are pictures with scissors for thoughts
And the wars that we’re fighting are the wars that we fought
I can’t change all that happened or the words that said
Taking on every demon I was full speed ahead
You should know this isn’t like me or the man I became
And if it weren’t for my health I’d say it’s part of the game
Oh we did have a nest egg but the treatments took that
And I did have my pride but that came off with my cap
And if I don’t hear from you know that I’ll understand
I haven’t told Gracie she knows you’re a good man
The neighborhood’s gone quiet since the good jobs went south
Or straight through to China, now it’s fingers to mouth, fingers... fingers ...