How Long - Andy Shauf

There’s a telephone smile and it’s begging me so

To pack all my things and make this long journey home

There’s a dark icy road and there’s a man on TV

And he’s talking so fast about the reasons why I can’t leave

There’s a bottle of beer on a bus driver’s mind

There’s a time and a place and he’s eager to find

There’s a waitress' birthday on the second of June

And it’s taking forever for her to turn twenty-two

There’s a saying in my mind I’ve heard it before

They’re the kind of words that you start to ignore

It’s less of a truth than a question of time

That good things come to those who wait

So how long will I wait?

Oh how long will I wait?

Oh how long will I wait?

How long will I wait?