there isn't a word for what's happening
things all come in at once
and the sky opened up and swallowed the world hole
till it's tired and heavy and full
and i'm not who i thought i would be
who i thought I'd become
i get up for my work in the morning air and
say goodbye to the night when the sun
oh my family do love me
i've tested them well over time
I'm in no ways a saint my bed isn't made
and life is as hard as a cry
now my sister is on the phone with me, long distance
telling me i might be the youngest but i'm not an old at young
and i'm amable and i should know
that i should take care if i do go
that i'm not the little boy i was
life don't go by faster if you run
but still that train's gonna come
what in the word are you doing
counting all your fingers and thumbs
papa left here yesterday morning
you can wait but he's not gonnna come
and as land is a drizzle upon playground
i'm not sure which side to be on
i've lost enough along the way
but it's made me the man i've become
now my sister is on the phone with me, long distance
telling me i might be the youngest but i'm not an old at young
and i'm amable and i should know
that i should take care if i do go
that i'm not a little boy i was
life don't go by faster if you run
but still that train's gonna come
what in the world are you doing
counting all your fingers and thumbs
papa left here yesterday morning
you can wait but he's not gonna come