Too Long In The Wasteland

Hear the trucks on the highway and the ticking of the clocks
There’s a ghost of a moon in the afternoon
Bullet holes in the mailbox
Bullet holes in the mailbox
Key holes in my mind
Too long in the wasteland
Too long in the wasteland
I’m fallin' behind
She said, «Why don’t you come see me when the sun goes down?
It’ll be just like the old days when I used to let you hang around»
Well I don’t know, I might not speak the language anymore
Too long in the wasteland
Too long in the wasteland
Will close some doors
The people in the village watch their children play
At the sight of a stranger they call the kids away
«Just leave that man alone,» I hear the mother say
Too long in the wasteland
Too long in the wasteland
That’s what made him that way
Well, I hadn’t intended to bend the rules
But whiskey don’t make liars, it just makes fools
So I didn’t mean to say it, but I meant what I said
Too long in the wasteland
Too long in the wasteland
Must’ve gone to my head
Jet trail in the sunset a long way away
Cuttin' 'cross an horizon at the edge of the day
And it calls out, «Jimmy, come fly away!»
But I’ve been too long in the wasteland
Too long in the wasteland
I believe I’ll have to stay
Too long in the wasteland
Too long in the wasteland
Gonna have to stay
There’s a ghost of a moon in the afternoon
Bullet holes in the mailbox