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It's comin' on the end of August

Another summer's promise almost gone

 And though I heard some wise man say

 That every dog will have his day

 He never mentioned that these dog days get so long

I don't know when I realized the dream was over

 Well, there was no particular hour, no given day

 You know, it didn't go down in flame

 There was no final scene, no frozen frame

I just watched it slowly fade away

 And I've been waiting in the weeds

 Waiting for my time to come around again and

Hope is floating on the breeze

 Carrying my soul high up above the ground and

I've been keepin' to myself Knowin'

 that the seasons are slowly changing

Even though you're with somebody else

 He'll never love you like I do

I've been biding time with the crows and sparrows

While peacocks prance and strut upon the stage

 If finding love is just a dance Proximity and chance

 You will excuse me if I skip the masquerade

And I've been waiting in the weeds

 Waiting for the dust to settle down along the

Back roads running through the fields

 Lying on the outskirts of this lonesome town

And I imagine sunlight in your hair

 You're at the county fair

 You're holding hands and laughing

And now the ferris wheel has stopped

 You're swinging on the top

 Suspended there with him

And he's the darling of the sheik

 The flavor of the week is melting

Down your pretty summer dress

 Baby, what a mess you're making

Solo

I've been stumbling through some dark places

Now I'm following the plow

I know I've fallen out of your good graces

It's alright now

And I've been waiting in the weeds

 Waiting for the summer rain to fall upon the

Wild birds scattering the seeds

 Answering the calling of the tide's eternal tune

The phases of the moon

 The chambers of the heart

 The ebb and dart of small gray

 Spiders spinning in the dark

 In spite of all the times the web is torn apart

 And I've been waiting in the weeds

 Waiting for the time to come around again and

 Hope is floating on the breeze

Carrying my soul high up above the ground and

 I've been keepinl to myself

 Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing

 Even though you're with somebody else

 He'll never love you like I do

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