The Mountains Win Again - Blues Traveler

♫I put my smile put it in my pocket
Hold it for a while try not to have to drop it
Men are not to cry so how am I to stop it
Keep it all inside don't show how much she rocked ya

Ooh can you feel the same
Ooh you gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Ooh I feel it comin' in
The mountains win again
The mountains win again

Dreams we dreamed at night were never meant to come to life
I can't understand the ease she pulled away her hand
This time in my life I was hurt enough to care
I guess from now on I'll be careful what I share

Ooh can you feel the same
Ooh ya gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Yeah feel it comin' in
The mountains win again

A pocket is no place for a smile anyway
Someday I will find love again will blow my mind
Maybe it will be that love that got away from me
Is there a line to write that could make you cry tonight
Can you feel the same
Yeah ya gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Ooh feel it comin' in
The mountains win again
Ooh the mountains win again ♫


The economy is getting me down today. Seems like a mountain, and sure as hell seems likes it's winning. The strip malls are ghost towns. The streets are filled with more people wandering than working. It's a strange world right now, and I don't live on the fringe of it. I'm smack dab in the middle. Downtown Stockton.

LA TIMES - "California seems to be getting really good these days at making it to the top of "Worst Of" lists. This time, eight of the state's cities topped a Forbes list of the most miserable cities in the country. Stockton, that crown jewel of the San Joaquin Valley, is officially the most miserable city in the nation, according to Forbes."

I know, I'll get a lot of crap for crapping on my town, and I do know it's all what you make of it. But my point is, I SEE effect, more than some who live in more rural areas, or more affluent areas. You can feel the pain from here. The mountain wins again today, but maybe not tomorrow.