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 talkin' 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

oh

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

i 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

i might as well fold

i've got my courage up

gonna roll low

i say

hey

wait a minute

what's that you said?

i'm not so sure that

i heard you right

whoa

oh

wait a minute

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

or maybe it was me

things get so complicated

jokes made

friendships dissipated

i've stayed quiet

so we don't get alienated

i say

hey

wait a minute

what's that you said?

i'm not so sure that

i heard you right

whoa

oh

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