Deliberating in New Orleans On what reality really means If nobody cares, nobody stares, and then there's nothing to compare Those ends can't justify the means But in my gospel state of mind I try to leave it all behind Just hold my body til my soul starts burning old But I can't help thinkin' 'bout throwing out all I been told [Chorus] I'm sittin' on the back porch burnin' down my torch Lookin' all around, listen to the sound So many people, but there's none of them around Another day, another dollar made, another in the grave Another freed, another made a slave Well that's just me and what I see Won't push my values in your head I Won't run your life through 'til you're dead All I ask is that much from you And I'll tell you right now that ain't hard to do [Chorus] I'm sittin' on the back porch burnin' down my torch Lookin' all around, listen to the sound So many people, but there's none of them around Another day, another dollar made, another in the grave Another freed, another made a slave Well that's just me and what I see Well that's just me and what I see [Chorus] I'm sittin' on the back porch burnin' down my torch Lookin' all around, listen to the sound So many people, but there's none of them around Another day, another dollar made, another in the grave Another freed, another made a slave Well that's just me and what I see Well that's just me and what I see Well that's just me and what I see