Riddle In Londontown

I live and learn held by a troubled hand
Where the whiskey runs the cold
Don't you dare go ask the newsman
'Cause he'll tell you everything he don't know
She was the daughter of the second American revolution
A tall girl with a stone's constitution
And when she looked in her eyes to see
She knows she ain't never going back to what she believes
What you believe

So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
In this here London town
So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Got my back to the fire
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down

Ophelia used to swim in the rain
Ain't nothing she'd rather do
I was beside myself when the news it came
And it had nothing to do with you and me
They said they would never fight no more
After the day she went away
What in the world are we here fighting for
If we don't give they're gonna take

So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
In this here London town
So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Got my back to the fire
And my feet on the ground
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down

Say it again
Say it again
It ain't over but you know the end
Say it again
Roll it away until they come and claim

Oh that's not to hold in place
Roll it again
Roll me again
It ain't over but you know the end
Riddle me over
Riddle me over
Riddle me over
Riddle me over

Riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground

Working and going
And riddle me over
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down

Yeah
Say it again

Oh madness and love are happiness and pain
We're old men
Here to the sun y'all know it watches you around
Oh and you know that
Hey say
You won't leave till they fuck you around
Oh down
Hey son
Say you were loved but you were already gone
Riddle me over

They ain't out there past
They fade