Waiting For Marty

Bourbon soda over ice in the basement shade

Got it made, no one here, just the beer man's dog

Howlin' at the moon heat, gnawin' on a bone

Waiting for Marty to get home, home, home

Waiting for Marty to get home



Marty's in the bath house yankin' out the gray

Gettin' older ain't a party, it's a goddamn play

No wonder dogs howl, they can see the rider coming

Waiting for Marty to get home, home, home

Waiting for Marty to get home



Used to be a girl, then a woman, then nothing

Quilt is in the corner by the oak console

The phone rings once a day just like a daughter

Waiting for Marty

Waiting for Marty to get home



And blend in with the city and the watering hole

He doesn't talk, he wants to think now but he can't anymore

Baseball game is over and there's food left in the fridge

Waiting for Marty to get home, home, home

Waiting for Marty to get home



Milk man doesn't stop here and the bone is chewed to bits

Stack of mail and old newspapers in the overgrown yard

Light bulb on the back porch takes it's last breath

Waiting for Marty to get home, home

Waiting for Marty to get home, home, home

Waiting for Marty to get home