Oh those summer days were hot

Sometimes more than I could bear

But we'd all wait anxiously

There was baseball in the air

During long school hours I'd sit and pray

But the rain, it would not yield

Still I grabbed my cap and glove

And I'd head for Wiethaupt Field

Oh, the boys of Wiethaupt,

Where have you been?

Oh,  those winter snows, well they have

Kept you in

Ah, but summer days have brought you

Back once again

The boys of Wiethaupt go running in the sun

On summer nights we meet again

By the lights of Charbonier

The ground balls weren't so hard to see

But the flies were not so clear

A stray car often stopped the play

As we'd watch 'em, round love hill

But we'd never have to stop at all

When we played at Wiethaupt field

Oh, the boys of Wiethaupt,

Where have you been?

Oh,  those winter snows, well they have

Kept you in

Ah, but summer days have brought you

Back once again

The boys of Wiethaupt go running in the sun

A child so innocent and young

A game was all I knew

And the difference between right and wrong

Always so easy to choose

And fun was all we wanted

Didn't care if we would lose

How could we know that all would change?

That we'd have to pay our dues

Like fools?

Oh, the boys of Wiethaupt,

Where have you been?

Oh,  those winter snows, well they have

Kept you in

Ah, but summer days have brought you

Back once again

The boys of Wiethaupt go running in the sun

The boys of Wiethaupt go running in the sun

The boys of Wiethaupt go running in the sun

It seems the truth today is

Oh, so hard to find

Often find myself

Just lookin' for a place to hide

If I could find me another

Someone to share this life

Well she could be my lover

Together we could fly

Oh, we could fly

Oh, how we would fly

Oh, we could fly

Oh, how we would fly

Caught up in a cat and mouse

In circles I just go

Tried me another way

They're all long and winding roads

Wonder what tomorrow holds

What today I didn't find

It's all such a heavy load

Or is it all just in my mind?

Now, in my mind

Could it all be in my mind?

Now, in my mind

Could it all be in my mind?

Now, in my mind

Could it all be in my mind?

(in my mind, in my mind)

Now, in my mind

Could it all be in my mind?

His name to me was Tommy

He was everything to me

An idol, a hero

A knight I longed to be

And if we were ever lost, or all alone

Tommy would always lead us home

LaVenta yards with Tommy

And Mark and Billy, too

And mud and cold and cryin'

It was always me, the fool

And if I should run inside, too hurt to play

Tommy could make the pain go away

And Tommy always told me

That the sun would always rise

It was the way he looked at everything

And how I cherished his advice

On life

His name to me was Tommy

He was everything to me

An idol, a hero

A knight I longed to be

And if we were ever lost, or all alone

Tommy would always lead us home

Home

From out of the east there rode a rider

The fastest with a gun

From many a duel, the lone survivor

Yet always on the run

Flatlands rider

What have you done?

Your legend lives far and wide of all the notches on your gun

Flatlands rider

Do you think it's fun?

To live such a wild life, to threaten everyone?

The story had spread from western Kansas

About a boy who saw it all

The Flatlands Rider shot his father

He robbed the house, he took it all

Flatlands Rider

Do you have no fear?

A Kansas boy's been on your trail now

For three long years

Flatlands Rider

Your time is near

From miles around they've gathered 

Now that the boy is here, oh

From the saloon, he heard the summons

A crowd was hiding, but still they peered

The Flatlands Rider drew and fired

But the boy had practiced many years

Flatlands Rider

Your time has come

For every fastest gun 

There is a faster one

Flatlands Rider

Your legend is done

Until tomorrow when another

Flatlands Rider comes

Flatlands Rider

Flatlands Rider

Flatlands Rider

Where were you 

when the birds were being fed?

Were you standing in the shadows 

Or lost inside your head?

Well your shoes are worn

And your clothes are torn and frayed

Yet they can't erase the colors

Of your faded bygone days

Where were you?

Left alone to face a weary day

Where your past is just behind you

But your future's far away

And all the faces you called friends

Who said they'd be there 'til the end

Have left you jailed in all your sorrows

But they've busted out again

Where were you?

Where were you?

What you once ruled

Now has you backed against the wall

The tiny troubles you once bullied

Now chase you ten feet tall

So you turn to run and hide

But can't escape from what's inside

So you dig yourself a shelter

And just watch the world go by

Where were you?

(repeat)

As I gazed to the sunset

In a daze all abound you

Trapped in these feelings I have

In a cry loud as thunder

Comes a sigh cross the waters

From a ship whose sail has gone bad

A ship whose sail has gone bad

I'm an island all alone

(I'm an island all alone)

I've been imprisoned on my own

(I'm an island all alone)

I've been forsaken

For love I have given

I am an island with no home

There is a maiden

Lost and in waiting

Oh how her patience has grown

But a tear streaks her face now

And the sail torn and tattered

And a storm is changing her course

A storm is changing her course

I'm an island all alone

(I'm an island all alone)

I've been imprisoned on my own

(I'm an island all alone)

I've been forsaken

For love I have given

I am an island with no home

I'm an island all alone

(I'm an island all alone)

I'm an island all alone

(I'm an island all alone)

I'm an island all alone

(I'm an island all alone)

I'm an island all alone

(I'm an island all alone)

We hit the road for unknown places

On a long, hard, weary run

From town to town we saw a million faces

And a tale for everyone

With little rest, we drove forever

Battered by the sun

In a race that couldn't be won

Each passing mile, we shared old memories

What had ever become

Of all those friends, those familiar faces

Who just barely begun

To understand what old man time brings

So ageless, so young

We watched 'em fade away one after one

(one after one)

By the look in your eyes, I could see

How you longed to be loved, how you longed to be free

And knowing it now

I can tell that somehow

The time will come for you and me

Knowing it now, woah

Knowing it now

I said the time will come for you and me

Knowing it now, woah

Knowing it now

I said the time will come for you and me

Knowing it now, woah

Knowing it now

I said the time, babe, will come for you and me

Knowing it now, woah

Knowing it now

I said the time will come for you and me

Heehee!

Long about midnight 'round the fourth of July

Was walkin' 'round the streets with a thought on my mind

Passed a little boy out way past his time

Said "hey mister, can ya spare a dime?"

I reached into my pocked and I flipped it his way

He disappeared in the night

All of the sudden out the corner of one eye

Caught a man runnin' down the street with a knife

Just outside the club that was open all night

Stood another couple in a hell of a fight

So what's the point you're tryin' to say

It's just another hopeless day

Whatcha gonna do with your life?

Long about midnight 'round the fourth of July

Was walkin' 'round the streets with a thought on my mind

Everybody seems to be bidin' their time

What happened to the dreams that kept them alive?

So what's the point you're tryin' to say

It's just another hopeless day

What they gonna do with their lives?

What they gonna do with their lives?

What they gonna do with their lives?

What they gonna do with their lives?