Every single day is so lonesome and long
I drain with every grain of the sand of time
I'd rather live in a mawky log
At the bottom of the tunnel of an abandoned mine
Than be in this city, braving the trundling of thunder
And the lightning in the night without you
I'm coming back
I've been gone long but I never did doubt you
All the nights are dark and the days are dire
I'm ready to tread through red hot hell fire
Travel by track or rickety flatboat
Swim in a tarpit, wade through a ratmoat
Do anything in the world I can do
I'm aching I can't take it I'll be back and be true
On the highway
Kicking up dust and gravel and burning halvoline
Trying to keep it together I'm dying I'm unraveling
It's pitch black at the brink of the daybreak
Every second I'm on the road it's harder to stay awake
I haven't slept in days been down been up been reeling I'm all wrecked and crazed
But I kick a**, people I pa** all look up in amazement
I'm keeping the pedal to metal until I lift off of the pavement
I'm back on track, I'm running a day late
I strayed and got waylaid
The bright light of the night life
Beckoned like a beacon I weakened
And went on a bender for the weekend
Tripping, taking the pills while my love trouble
Redoubled and deepened
But now the night does blacken
I'm coming to get you back
And you can wake that fat man next to you
Tell him to get out of bed and start packing
Lately, I dream of love lasting and true
I will make it back if that's the last thing I do
I could stay in this city forever and ever and never be fine
Living and knowing that you could never be mine
I'm sick of the tick of the clock and I've grown lonely
I'll be home in a moment and baby you'll own me
Never to brave the trundling of thunder and lightning without you
Oh, the good, the bad, the damage you do
I'm aching I can't take it I'd be nothing without you