When We're Through

I woke up early evening
And I knew I was alone
Did the Sun come up
Or did it rain again, I'll never know
I felt the acid in my stomach rise above my throat
As I dialed

There was a message from my mother
From about seven AM
Said I've forgotten what you sound like
And I'm wonderin' how you've been
I cried myself to asleep back on the floor
Unconscious in denial

Life is just a little part of what the world will do
To get its point across
It beats you 'til you're black and blue
And decides just when you're in or when you're out
'Cause when you're through, you're through

There's a cafe just round the corner
From the home I call a house
I sit and play Sudoku
'Til I figure some shit out
I drink the day's first coffee and I smoke
The last cigarette of my life

And I'm wondering out
Of all the crazy places that I've been
Would it ever be as good
As sittin' here just with a friend?
Where it's always understood it might be time
To switch the coffee to wine

Life is just a little part of what the world will do
To get its point across
It beats you 'til you're black and blue
And decides just when you're in or when you're out
'Cause when you're through, you're through
Yeah, yeah
Oh
Oh
Oh, oh

Janis sings to me just like
She's sitting by my side
And I wonder just how many times
She sat like me and cried
I've made it past the age of twenty-seven
So there's no use in dyin'

And my friends have asked the question
Baby, will you be okay?
I wanna tell them yes
'Cause I know that's what I should say
But I've got no crystal ball
And I can't bring myself to lie, and why should I?

Hey, yeah, I think that
Life is just a little part of what the world will do
It brings us to the brink and beats the shit right outta you
And decides just when you're in or when you're out
'Cause when you're through, you're through
Yeah yeah yeah
Life is just a little part of what the world will do
It brings us to the brink and beats the shit right outta you
And decides just when you're in or when you're out
When you're through, you're through, ay
Oh, I guess I'm through
When you're through, you're through