I paint my smile in the mirror when the real one's gone This just ain't the kinda show that I thought I'd put on Wiping tables when I should be singing songs I cut my teeth on these barstools that I'm serving now I watch all my friends grow up, and they just leave this town Guess I'm lost again, right where I was found Waiting, waiting Thank God, I didn't know at 22 How goddamn long a dream takes to come true Passing by all the marquees I used to run around I played that stage with Eric Church 'til they took my name down 14 years into this so-called 10-year town And I'm waiting, waiting I'm not where I thought I'd be at 32 How goddamn long does it take to make a dream come true They got stubborn in the water where I come from And you don't wait on trains you think will never come So I'm Waiting, waiting And I can't wait to hear the things I'll say at 42 But how goddamn long does it take to make a dream come true