You've been wasting most of my time Been waiting for a bite Been chewing through my mind and I can't figure why Why I've been looking for an excuse And thinking I'm so obtuse Still looking for the noose around my neck Yeah yeah And every time you say you'll stay I lose a little faith it seems you've walked away And every time you've shone on through I regret all the bad things that I've said about you I was walking on the sand I thought I felt your hand But the footprints only showed the tracks of one man But you, you turned to me to say My son you shouldn't be dismayed Through the troubled times I carried you part of the way My way And every time you say you'll stay I lose a little faith it seems you've walked away And every time you've shone on through I regret all the bad things that I've said about you About you I hope I meet you on the way down I check my noose don't bring me down And every time you say you'll stay I lose a little faith it seems you've walked away And every time you've shone on through I regret all the bad things that I've said about you About you