I sat down to gaze at your painting I never got over

These tears fill my belly I’m a traveller held at the border

Shut in a room with these gifts I should never have bought her

There’s a coffee stained dress and this crumb she just brushed off her shoulder

I woke up this morning to see you asleep in my bedroom

I’ve just made the same mistake you’ve seen me make over and over

Can’t seem to shake this old feeling common sense says

I oughta Been willing to wait twenty years I can't wait so much longer

As a point of consolation she is waiting for you son

Not immune to hesitation I don’t want to shoot no one

I’ve had dreams the sky is turning towards the golden light of dawn

Even as this shroud envelops and I’m plagued by mortal harm

The enemy crafty and cunning has been inwardly revealed

While I earn my bread by the sweat of my head she entices me to steal

Took a tour and the street where I searched was well lit and abandoned

You extended your hand to a man who had lost all his children

Can no longer remember why some people just can’t be forgotten

I just wanted to tell you you’re beautiful just like your daughter