AS I SIT AND WATCH THE FIRE BURNING OUT
AND WONDER WHY YOU'RE NOT WITH ME
YOU'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG
THE CHILLY NIGHT IS DARK AND CLEAR
I MISS YOU MORE AND MORE
AND IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING
I'LL KNOW IT'S YOU BECAUSE I'VE
GOT THAT SAME OLD RING, OR LACK OF RINGS
THAT KEEP ON RINGING IN MY EAR
CHORUS:
WELL, YOU'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG
AND I MISS YOU, PLEASE COME HOME
AND I'VE BEEN HERE, BIDING MY TIME
WRITING USELESS, AND POINTLESS VERSE AND RHYME
THEY GOT NO MEANING, WITH YOU GONE
AND YOU'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG
COME BACK HOME
AND SO I SIT HERE ALL ALONE, AND I DON'T PICK UP THE PHONE
BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE CALLIN' ANYWAY
THE SKY IS TURNIN' DARK AND GRAY
IS IT YOU I'M SPEAKING OF, IN TONES OF UNREQUITED LOVE
OR, AM I RAMBLING ON?
IS IT YOU I'M SEARCHIN' FOR
IN HEXES HANGIN' ON THE DOOR
IN CAST IRON BELLS AND WISHING WELLS
AND OVERGROWN PERENNIALS
AND PICTURES ON THE WALL?
REPEAT CHORUS
THE QUESTION IN MY MIND IS LIT
NO ANSWER THAT'S BEFITTING IT
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE
WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE? ALONE I HIDE
IN CROWDS OF PEOPLE SATISFIED
TO TELL ME WHERE YOU'VE BEEN
NO ANSWERS CAN I OFFER
TO THE FATE THAT I BEHOLD
IN MY OWN FUTURE THAT YOU'RE HOLDING IN YOUR HAND
I TOOK SO FAITHFULLY, IT ENDED UP SO PAINFULLY
NO MATTER WHAT I DO, CAN'T GET YOUR FACE
OUT OF MY MIND
SO, IDLY I SIT AND LISTEN TO THE NIGHT ALONE
AND MISS YOUR SKINNY, UNDERNOURISHED NOSE
BLUE EYES, YOUR LIPS, I'M PREDISPOSED
WITH THE THOUGHT OF YOUR RETURN
WHEN WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR LIFE
REPEAT CHORUS
Copyright 2003, by David L. Heilman
PERSONNEL:
DAVE HEILMAN- LEAD & HIGH HARMONY VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
KEITH MYERS- LOW HARMONY VOCAL
RECORDED AT RUGBURN STUDIOS, LEBANON, PA, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2002 (ENGINEER- CHRIS JOHNSON), EXCEPT
GUITAR TRACK, WHICH WAS RECORDED AT MOOKY'S SOUND STAGE, HARRISBURG, PA, AUGUST 26TH, 2002 (ENGINEER- DAVE HEILMAN).
PRODUCED BY CHRIS JOHNSON , DAVE HEILMAN & KEITH MYERS
