Wait So Long

Trampled by Turtles

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 fiber 'n 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

You wait so long
You wait so long
You wait so long
You wait so long


Lyrics submitted by trdollar, edited by BenBluth, jacadia66, peril_in_pink

Wait So Long Lyrics as written by David Paul Simonett David Patrick Carroll

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    It's about a man in love with a whore. Not 'whore' in the figurative, derogatory sense, it's about an actual prostitute.

    "And you call me in the morning with your troubles Takin' it downtown every night"

    "But it's better than your fiber 'n fornication And all the dirty money that you earn."

    scrumtralescenton April 09, 2011   Link

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