Upside Looking Down - Walter Becker

Well you came on

Like some blazing supernova

With a flame that burned

So brightly in the sky

Then you woke up

And your long white night was over

And you cursed the world

That dared to pass you by

So now you blame the ones

Who love you for your sorrows

Dealing dirty while you steal

The higher ground

But you cheated and you lied

And life took you for a ride

Now you're standing

On the upside looking down

And O the hero in disguise

Believing his own alibis

You run so scared

You're standing still

I know you are

I know you will

Be the first to call it

Quits and run for cover

While your little world

Is crumbling all around

But you punked out on yourself

You can't blame nobody else

And now that you're standing

On the upside looking down

And O the heartache of the thief

Strung out on his own stash of grief

A line for you a flake for me

But now it's ancient history

As the sky is turning black

And glassing over

As you drift so high

Above the lights of town

All at once it seems so clear

You can see it all from here

When you're standing

On the upside looking down