why don't you ask me how long i've been waitingnnsat down on the road with the gunshots explodingnni'm waiting for you, in the gloom and the blazingnni'm waiting for younnnni sing like a slave, i know i should know betternni've learned all my lessons right down to the letternnand still i go on like this year after yearnnwaiting for miracles and shaking with fearnnnnwhy don't you answer, why don't you come save mennshow me how to use all these things that you gave mennturn me inside out so my bones can save mennturn me inside outnnnnyou've come this close, you can come even closernnthe gunshots get louder and the world spins fasternnand things just get further and further apartnnmy head from my hands and hands from my heartnnnnone thing that's true is the way that i love himnnthe earth down below and the sky up above himnnand still i go on like this day after daynnstill i go on like thisnnnnnow i've said this, i already feel strongernni can't keep waiting for you any longernni need you now, not someday when i'm readynncome down on the road, come down on the roadnnnnmy name, my namennnothing isnnnothing is the samennand i won't go back the way i camennmy name, my namennnothing is the same