8 Stops 7 - Wait I Swear lyrics

he makes his rounds at every bar he drinks till ten she used to wait up and watch him stumble through the door she'd pick him up lead him down the hall help him sleep off this alcohol all the while he'd stutter out the words he thinks she wants to hear and the message rings loud and clear *chorus*----------------------------------------------------------- wait, don't cry i swear, i can settle down wait, don't cry i swear, i can settle down *chorus*----------------------------------------------------------- but he drinks too much she's had enough this has to end she dries her eyes packs her bags and goes to call her only friend he bangs on window knowcks down the door in a drunken stupor calls her a who*e she remembers she once fell in love with his voice but not anymore. no, she's not anymore *chorus* we all want to be safe trying to figure this out just what became of our lives when did we stop trying to make the best for our children one's on the way i bet you didn't know *chorus* (2x) all along she's been thinking we can be friends but i don't want to be down that same road again won't you please let me go i don't want to be tied to the last time we began to grow