Wait So Long

I could never pretend that I don't love you.

You could never pretend that I'm your man.

That's exactly the way that I want it.

That's exactly the way that I am.

And you call me in the morning with your troubles

Takin' it downtown every night

I could never place the stars at night above ya.

I got my hands on the ground,

and you know I'm right.

You wait so long,

You wait so long,

You wait so long,

You wait so long.

It's a coffee stained earth ever time it happens.

Liven up honey it ain't that bad.

Any afterthought rose to recognition

Like every other coffin that I had

And your buick broke down in Winnemucca,

Fall to your knees and you pray to the lord

Then you take up hope at the politicians:

Nothing happens in this burnt out town anymore.

You wait so long,

You wait so long,

You wait so long,

You wait so long.

And your heart rolls on like a frozen freight train

You know that I help you if I can

But I'm just a raindrop in a river

Just a little itty-bitty grain of sand

And you know that I'm doomed to repeat this

With all the bad habits that I've learned

But it's better than your fire-borne fornication

And all the dirty money that you earn.

You wait so long,

You wait so long,

You wait so long,

You wait so long.