Aftermath Lyrics - Glitter In The Gutter - Jesse Malin

The city was changing 

The cigarette hit the spot 

Oh a simple distraction 

From to have and have not 

And the radio went silent 

And all our heroes had died 

Now you can buy revolution 

In any color or size 

Standing on a corner 

Watching people walk on 

Thinking about a photograph 

How so many people 

Choose a lesser evil 

Living in the aftermath 

She never got famous 

She was the star in my life 

Till we drifted like runoff 

Or two ships in the night 

Standing on a corner 

Watching people walk on 

Thinking about a photograph 

How so many people 

Choose a lesser evil 

Living in the aftermath 

It's such a long hard road, such a long hard road 

To hold on, and move on 

I hope she's happy, I hope she's free 

Somehow we choose our own destiny 

From the eye of destruction 

To the valley of tears 

Before it all went to voice mail 

And we rang in the year 

And the mid-night martyrs 

They still hang on the cross 

You can die in the gutter baby 

Or learn to live with the loss 

Standing on a corner 

Watching people walk on 

Feeling like a photograph 

How so many people 

Choose a lesser evil 

Living in the aftermath 

Standing on a corner 

Everbody's talking 

Remember when we used to laugh 

How so many people 

Chose a lesser evil 

Never giving peace a chance 

It's such a long hard road 

To hold on and move on boys 

To hold on and move on till its gone