DISCOGRAPHY - "AND OTHER STORIES" - LYRICS

HUSTLER’S LAST STAND

He’s taking on the world, his cannons lined up on the front
There’s no one there at all beside him, he’s left his confidante
And he’s walking down the platform with his suitcase full of dreams
Maybe it’s the pain of knowing, it’s never as it seems

Taking a lightning rod right there in his hand
Shaking against the odds, the hustler’s last stand
Maybe there’s a kinder way where he can find his brighter day
It’s time he face his one saving grace to embrace

Been drawing up his battle plans, his strategy is sound
All his ammunition’s loaded, as his heart and the war drums pound
And the sidewalks of this city are all empty and full of smog
Given half a chance he’ll find out as he stumbles through the fog
What more can he do?

Flashing a lightning rod right there in his hand
Slashing against the odds, the hustler’s last stand
Maybe there’s a kinder way where he can find his brighter day
It’s time he face his one saving grace to embrace

He’s seen the scars of his wounded comrades, daggers in their hearts
As they stagger back to square one city, dodging the poison darts
What more can they do?

Holding a lightning rod right there in their hands
Folding against the odds, the hustler’s last stand
Taking a lightning rod right there in his hand
Shaking against the odds, the hustler’s last stand