Getting To The Main Point

Oh my days

What will they say of me

When I’m sitting in a rocking chair

Much older than I used to be

Oh my love

What could I give to you

To take this time I have

And put it to some decent use

Cause I’ve been getting to the main point

But I’m looking for the grown up words

I’m standing in a burger joint

Trying to find my wallet first

I think about how I used to feel

And how I’ll never quite feel it again

Like coming ‘round on a great big wheel

You pass it by every now and then

Oh my god

You know who I ran into

This guy I sorta knew

We’d both aged a year or two

Cause these days I stop and think

I make a note of everything

The tile floor and the kitchen sink

To see if I can glean anything

Cause now I’m getting to the main point

But I’m looking for the grown up words

I’m standing in a cocktail joint

Trying hard to quench my thirst

I think about every friend I lost

I’ll never quite know why it ends

But for a while our paths did cross

Passing by in an evening wind

And in the day, I awake in the safety of our room

And meet my face at the ungodly hour of noon

And late at night at the drug store check out line

I take a deep breath and I count my dimes

It’s all fine

We’ve got time

Cause I don’t mind the reckoning

Or waiting here for the second thing

But sometimes I just cringe to think

How long I’ve been doing this thing

Oh my lord

What do we do this for

I’ve been waiting such a long time

I’ll be waiting such a long time more

Cause now I’m getting to the main point

Just trying to find the vernacular

It’s been the source of a great void

In a life spectacular

Driving slow by my old house

Look around but you don’t go in

It’s just a place in a different town

You pass it by every now and then

It’s like a wheel coming round and round

Passing by every now and then