each day I could see it as you turned to stone Still clearly I can hear you say Don't leave, don't give up on me Two weeks and you ran away I remember
away it?s useless We made it Now we?re taking it back Put your wallet away Put your wallet away it?s useless Those eyes will haunt me for the Next two weeks
: You could be waiting for a day that won't come And you could be so much more than you've become And I have found my feet 257 weeks But you could be
: Hey you, what you doing awake? Don't you know all the bedtime stories? It's about a boy like me, lonesome and dim Who lost it all by losing someone
look back at all And then you hear them say That miles away We lost another one That we sent with a gun They're gonna miss him, he was 2 weeks from
: I said, 'darlin', why so blue?' She told me, 'I've been missin' you.' We's a-leaving She said, stay She kissed my lips and quickly ran away Lost some
: Well it gets cold in here These years they pass with fear Your daddy don't love you anymore The fear it comes and goes Money goes up their nose Your
: Well I asked her why she cried What she was doing with her life She said ?I could marry a sailor I think that I?d make a good wife But he would leave
: Ain't no woman gonna bring me down with those teary eyes Ain't no woman gonna bring me down with those teary lies And oh my god, why do I watch you
: Torn shoes and his old suitcase and I'm tired of that look on your face But I know he's coming home His hearts been caving in and I think its time
If I ventured in the slipstream Between the viaducts of your dream Where mobile steel rims crack And the ditch in the back roads stop Could you find
back at all And then your hear 'em say that miles away We lost another one that we sent with a gun They're gonna miss him he was two weeks From twenty
Of exactly why we did it to begin with This is how it has to be A kiss for luck, submerge myself And in 7 weeks resurface, I'm like this Even if we
of exactly why we did it to begin with This is how it has to be A kiss for luck, submerge myself And in 7 weeks resurface Even if we don't look
Strawbs version The dancing plants grow low Burning embers start to glow The pictures soon will fade Pictures that the flames have made Your hazy, wistful
You could be waiting for a day that won't come And you could be so much more than you've become And I have found my feet 257 weeks But you could be waiting
But wouldn't it be nice to help out Just because you care Take a look around Do you like what you see If not, it's just One more week...
The Devil picked me up today Said c'mon boy it's time to play! We got places to go and people to see He said step in my convertible It is very comfortable
