WAITING IN THE WEEDS

It's comin' on the end of August Another summer's promise almost gone And though I head 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 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 Hope is floating on the breeze, carrying my soul high up above the ground I've been keepin' to myself, knowing that the seasons are slowly changing you And though you're with somebody else- he'll never love you like I do I've been biding time with 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 chic- the flavor of the week is melting down your pretty summer dress Baby, what a mess you're making I've been stumbling through some dark places, but I'm following the plow I know I've fallen out of your good graces, but it's all right 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 egg and dart A small, cray spider 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 my time to come around again Hope is floating on the breeze, carrying my soul high up above the ground I've been keepin' to myself, knowing that the seasons are slowly changing you And though you're with somebody else- he'll never love you like I do