Line In The Dust

I'm walking outside and I see you arrive I say, "Let's go for a ride, and have a good old time" Whoa, I'm saving up lies, or just stay quiet every time While you talk in your line, keep everything fine, whoa fine Between us, I can see, things are not what they used to be My old friend changed, or maybe it was me Things get so complicated, jokes made, friendships dissipated Long silence but I speak now so belated I say, "Hey, wait a minute, what's that you said? Not so sure that I heard you right" Whoa, "Hey, wait a minute, oh say that again You're in the dust drawing a long straight line" We'd be playing outside, we'd swing on the swings Shared most everything, sit there and even sing Now I sit and wonder, why it's a friendship charade Looking for fights all day, I don't want to play Whoa, but I do, here we go, you fire off another lame remark You're in the dark No bite, just your bark but it leaves a painful mark Oh, painful mark on your soul, takes its toll, might as well fold I've got my courage up, gonna roll, roll I say, "Hey, wait a minute, what's that you said? Not so sure that I heard you right" Whoa, "Hey, wait a minute, oh say that again You're in the dust drawing a long straight line" We talk and talk but you never see, unreconstructed defiantly My old friend changed but maybe it was me Things get so complicated, jokes made, friendships dissipated I've stayed quiet so we don't get alienated Well I say, "Hey, wait a minute, what's that you said? Not so sure that I heard you right" Whoa, "Hey, wait a minute, oh say that again You're in the dust drawing a long straight line" Wait, wait a minute Oh say that again Watch yourself drawing a line in the dust Wait, wait a minute Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute Wait, wait, wait, wait I'm saving up lies, or just stay quiet every time While you talk in your line, keep everything fine, whoa fine, yeah I can see, things are not what they used to be --- Line in the Dust - Bruce Hornsby