all the time i've wasted here
won't disappear i know
cause its over

and these four walls may bring me down
may turn the chairs around
but its over

but i'll try and i won't let you go
i'll play the tape to let it show
take you where you want to go
and you'll know, oh you'll know

remember maine and the record shop
the rain the snow how time it stopped
you're the endless book i can't put down
i'm the overboard sailor that just won't drown

but i'll try and i won't let you go
i'll find the boat and let it row
take you where you want to go
and you'll know, oh you'll know

and we run coast to coast
and when the days done
we greet the host
while reading poetry he serves you wine
and i'm watching you read between the lines

i've washed my hands of
i've washed my hands of
the notion that you'll be around
i've washed my hands of
i've washed my hands of
thinkin' wishin' hopin' prayin' that someday you'll be found

we read words that bring us down
and wc fields he takes a look around
it's over

but i'll try and i won't let you go
i'll find the boat and let it row
take you where you want to go
i know, i know, i know

and we run coast to coast
and when the days done
we greet the host
while reading poetry he serves you wine
and i'm watching you read between the lines