[Verse 1]
Howl for my homeland
Wherever that was
And howl for the homage
That's been gone and lost

[Chorus 1]
To the passing and temporal, the eons gone by
There's nothing to praise: not in earth, sea or sky
All was holy has been shot, and in time to know
The rest will soon follow, all the rest will soon go

[Post-Chorus 1]
Stay in the light, Joe, stay with yourself
Put up a fight; don't rest on the shelf

[Verse 2]
Growl at the pedestal
Growl at the pinch
The last of the ports
Has broken the winch

[Chorus 2]
Oh, the legacy is gone, and the people who knew
Have lost their minds or left; there's a few
Who are choking on what and the will to hold on
With their principles pinned to the courts of above
[Post-Chorus 1]
Stay in the light, Joe, stay with yourself
Put up a fight; don't rest on the shelf

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
Me and the teardrop
Me and the mountain
Oh, me and the check
And to meet my accountant

[Chorus 3]
Oh, me and the wolf who was eating my heart
And me and my friends, who laugh in the dark
Oh, and you and yours too, and you and yours three
And you and yours ever and ever be free

[Post-Chorus 1]
Stay in the light, Joe, stay with yourself
Put up a fight; don't rest on the shelf