There's a sacrifice you make
<br />There are people along the way
<br />When there's nowhere to run and there's nowhere to stay
<br />And the wheels still move
<br />
<br />But won't slow down
<br />Even when you're spinning in the same soft ground
<br />And there's a tear in her eye
<br />Because she's known you too long
<br />And she can't tell the singer from the whorehouse song
<br />
<br />When the well runs dry
<br />There's nothing left to say
<br />Just throw up your hands and wail all day
<br />And everything's fair
<br />And you don't like it that way
<br />Something has to die
<br />When the well runs dry
<br />
<br />There's a dancer I used to get
<br />By giving her cigarettes
<br />She told me that I hadn't quite hurt enough yet
<br />So I let her do me wrong
<br />But not for very long
<br />Then I put her in the mirror and I put her in a song
<br />
<br />When the well runs dry
<br />There's nothing left to say
<br />Throw up your hands and wail all day
<br />And everything's fair
<br />And you don't like it that way
<br />Something has to die
<br />When the well runs dry
<br />
<br />Sitting here at the top your will is getting weak
<br />You let my mind get fattened up
<br />Now I'm quiet and I ain't supposed to speak
<br />I'll speak up when I've had enough
<br />
<br />A singer we used to know
<br />He let himself go
<br />Played 15 minutes of a sold out show
<br />And everybody laughed
<br />In the aftermath
<br />And he never came back
<br />No he never came back
<br />
<br />When the well runs dry
<br />There's nothing left to say
<br />Throw up your hands and wail all day
<br />And everything's fair
<br />And you don't like it that way
<br />Something has to die
<br />When the well runs dry<br /><br />