You've been working too hard
You've been coming home late
Just in time to clear your dinner plate
And retire to your cave
I reminisced the other day
About the nights we'd wait
Out by the tracks to watch the freight trains pass
After swimming in the lake
Have I waited too long to try and patch this up
Now is it too late
I've been trying
To get through to you
Like I used to
When you smile at me
Through the Marlboro smoke
As I change my mind
Cause I wanted you
More than anything
That I ever knew
Back then you wanted it too
Back then you wanted it too
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Your sister called me on the phone
Said she was worried about you
I said "Well I don't know what you want me to do,"
"I'm in the same boat too"
Baby your wings got clipped
Somewhere along the line
I used to watch you soaking in the sunlight
I'd see the solace in your eyes
Now have we waited too long to put this house on stilts
Or have we given up
And let the water rise
I've been trying
To get through to you
Like I used to
When you smile at me
Through the Marlboro smoke
As I change my mind
Cause I wanted you
More than anything
That I ever knew
Back then you wanted it too
And I know you're still inside there somewhere
I just wish I could bring it on out
And I don't know when I stopped feeling up for you
Can't put my finger on the source of the doubt
That consumes you now
All those evil thoughts have crept on in
And they've wiped you out
I came home the other night
You were sitting on the floor
You said "I'm so sad but I don't know what for"
And I sat down by your side
As you started to weep
You said "We're good on paper but we fail in the streets,"
"And I miss how we used to be"
Cause I've been trying
To get through to you
Like I used to
When you smile at me
Through the Marlboro smoke
As I change my mind
Cause I wanted you
More than anything
That I ever knew
Back then you wanted it too
Back then you wanted me too
Back then you wanted it too