I Saw You
Standing By The Wall
I saw you standing
You won't be, you'll be mine,
even when I'm gone
You'll still hear my lonely song
and you'll want me back
I stared in the rearview mirror and slowed
And pulled up over to the side of the road
I hear you coming home
and walking up to me
A smile on your face that I can't read
And then laying across
the hood of my car
You say, you look lonely
as a star
Try living as a boxcar gypsy
Try sleepin' in the dirt
Wake thinkin' that you can't
stand up straight
Spend a lifetime thinkin' you're cursed
Try livin' with the low -rent crazies
Dealin' with the worst
Then you're dancin' for
the dustbowl hobos
Start drinkin', somebody gets hurt
You write the prayer book,
chapter and verse
And I start blinking
as we drive towards the sun
Looking at your face
I'm wondering what you've done
that brought you to this
place
What's inside that I can't see
would make me want you bad
Try living as a boxcar gypsy
Try sleepin' in the dirt
Wake thinkin' that you can't
stand up straight
Spend a lifetime thinkin' you're cursed
Try livin' with the low rent crazy
Dealin' with the worst
An d then you're dancin'
for the dustbowl hobos
You start drinkin',
somebody gets hurt
You're at the prayer booth,
chapter and verse
Black hair hangin' down to your waist
Not a single line on an ancient face
A look in her eyes,
I could fall right through
She asks me what and why do you
You're not sittin' in a car
That's not who you are
And if you slap my face
Try livin' as a boxcar gypsy
Try sleepin' in the dirt
Wake thinkin' that you can't
stand up straight
Spend a lifetime thinking you're cursed
Try living with the low rent crazies
Dealing with the worst
And then you're dancing for the dust
Stop drinking, somebody gets hurt
Write the prayer book
Chapter and verse