It's coming on the end of August Another summer's promise almost gone And though I heard some wise man say That every dog will have his day He never mentioned that these dog days get so long I don't know when I realized the dream was over Well, there was no particular hour, no given day You know it didn't go down in flame There was no final scene, no frozen frame I just watched it slowly fade away I've been waiting in the weeds Waiting for my time to come around again And hope is floating on the breeze Carrying my soul high up above the ground And I've been keeping to myself Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing Even though you're with somebody else He'll never love you like I do I've been biding time with the crows and sparrows While peacocks prance and strut upon the stage If finding love is just a dance Proximity and chance You will excuse me if I skip the masquerade And I've been waiting in the weeds Waiting for the dust to settle down along the Back roads running through the fields Lying on the outskirts of this lonesome town And I imagine sunlight in your hair You're at the county fair You're holding hands and laughing And now the Ferris wheel has stopped You're swinging on the top suspended there with him And he's the darling of the chic The flavor of the week is melting Down your pretty summer dress Baby, what a mess you're making I've been stumbling through some dark places Now I'm following the plow I know I've fallen out of your good graces It's alright now I've been waiting in the weeds Waiting for the summer rain to fall upon the Wild birds scattering the seeds Answering the calling of the tide's eternal tune The phases of the moon, the chambers of the heart The ebb and dart of small gray spiders spinning in the dark In spite of all the times the web is torn apart And I've been waiting in the weeds (waiting in the weeds) Waiting for the time to come around again And hope is floating on the breeze (floating on the breeze) Carrying my soul high up above the ground And I've been keeping to myself (keeping to myself) Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing Even though you're with somebody else (with somebody else) He'll never love you like I do

I shuffle my feet and catch the first rays of morning sun It peels off the layers of dirt from my troubled mind The things she must unlearn are the things I would rather choose The lie can be strong but it will never become the truth Unless it is She says Her loneliness is so pure, can't be mixed with anything But every farewell draws a wrinkle on her skin Does it make you sad? Like the sound of a last train leaving Like the sound of a mother crying Like the sound of desert praying for the sun I got tears in my eyes, I got blood on my fist I got rust on my strings, but I got the wind in my wings She says Her loneliness is so pure, can't be mixed with anything But every farewell draws a wrinkle on her skin Does it make you sad? Like the sound of no fucks given Like the sound of a father crying Like the sound of desert praying for the sun I got tears in my eyes, I got blood on my fist I got rust on my strings, but I got the wind yeah I got the wind in my wings

I've been waiting for answers I've been waiting a long, long time If I open the door won't you come inside My heart's begging for mercy How much longer can I sit still and be Hopeful and doubting and torn inside And all this time I've been staring at the minute hand Oh, what a crime That I can't seem to understand that life is in the waiting I've been working on patience Trying to trust in the timing of my tiny existence I come alive I stood still in the twilight I found peace in the quiet things How could I wish away all the in between? And all this time I've been staring at the minute hand Oh, what a crime That I can't seem to understand that life is in the waiting And I find there's no knowing of a right time No, it could keep you waiting all night for it So hold tight Don't lose sleep over the half-life Know that everything is alright Just like it is And all this time I've been staring at the minute hand Oh, what a crime That I can't seem to understand that life is in the waiting Life is in the waiting

You can fool the landlord so you don't pay the rent You can fool the world and become the President You can fool all the people some of the time You can make a million dollars And cry "I don't have a lousy dime" But you can't fool the blues You can't fool the blues When you re makin' all the rules it's so hard to lose You can't fool the blues, oh no You can fool the Romans into lending you an ear Write a story in the papers believing every smear You can fool the rich by driving around in a wreck You can gel up someone s nose Every time you bounce a cheque But you can't fool the blues No you can't fool the blues You can't fool the blues it just laughs at each lie Can't fool the blues, oh no You can fool your brother into lending you his car Rub up the waitress for some cocktails at the bar You can talk some bimbo into taking you home You can fool the wile into thinking youre alone But you can't fool the blues You can't fool the blues That blues chews you up and Spits you right out You can't fool the blues, oh no

The price is gettin' higher Every day When it comes to good loving It's the same old way The high cost of love Getting higher every day The less I get The more I have to pay Came home with the groceries You said you need some more I gave you my last two dollars You said you need three or four The hight cost of love Getting higher every day Seems like the less I get The more I have to pay Bought you a leather coat You said you wanted mink The way you spend my money You think you're married to a bank The high cost of love Getting higher every day Seems like the less I make The more I have to pay Where I live They want raise my rent Before I make a dollar You know it's, it's already spent The high cost of love Getting higher every day Seems like the less I get The more I have to pay Seems like the less I get The more I have to pay Seems like the less I get The more I have to pay

Maybe the sun will go on shining Maybe the stars fall from the skies Where there's a river flowing There is no way of knowing Where it goes, no one knows Maybe the rain will go on falling Maybe the mountains touch the skies Where there's a cold wind blowing There is no way of knowing Where it goes, no one knows Living alone in the city All of our dreams left behind In every life there are seasons Of laughter and sorrow Where in the world did our love go When did our dreams say good bye Living alone in the city All of our dreams left behind In every life there are seasons Of laughter and sorrow Where in the world did our love go Where did our dreams choose to hide Where in the world did our love go When did our dreams say goodbye Where in the world did our love go Where in the world did our love go Where in the world Where in the world Where in the world did our love go