A Long Way Off

A man on the street

Asked me where I was going

I looked at him and said

Man, I wish that I was knowing

It seems I'm always up against

The wind that's blowing

It's such a long way off

Such a long way off

Maybe it's a coffin

That's the best cure for my cough

But that's a long way off

I wagered all my winnings

On a table full of tears

She looked at me and said

Man, we don't play that game here

Just Russian roulette

With a pistol to your ear

And you're a long way off

Such a long way off

She said, you look Roman

I said, I'm just roamin' off

Such a long way off

I say a can is for my dreams

As they hung from the trees

She stole the fruits

Of all my victories

I was waiting for a thank you

But I never got a please

I was a long way off

Such a long way off

My head has gone heavy

And my heart has grown soft

I was a long way off

I felt that I was floatin'

Somewhere in outer space

I really thought I found it

By lookin' in her face

But I guess I never found it

In the first place

I was a long way off

Such a long way off

I sink like a stone

If I would carry the loss

Such a long way off

Such a long way off

Such a long way off

Such a long way off

Such a long way

Such a wrong way

Such a long way off

Such a long way off

Such a long way off

Such a long way

It's the wrong way

It's the wrong way