Blood from a stone
Water from wine
Born under an ill-placed sign
A stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time
This flyer is out of line
The story is a sad one, told many times
The story of my life in
Trying times
Just add water
Stir in lime
How the West was won and where it got us, ah
Canary got trapped in the uranium mine
I struck bad luck, now the bird has died
A marker to mark
Where my tears run dry
The crossing of blessed and alkaline
The story is a sad one, told many times
The story of my life in
Trying times
Just add water
Stir in lime
How the West was won and where it got us, ah
I didn't wear glasses `cause I thought it might rain
Now I can't see anything
I made a mistake, chalked it up to design
I cracked through time, space, godless and dry
I point my nose to the northern star
Watch the decline from a hazy distance
The story is a sad one, told many times
The story of my life in
Trying times
Just add water
Stir in lime
How the West was won and where it got us, ah