| Josie works the counter at the downtown five and dime, anything at all to help |
| her pass the time. |
| Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on about the good times playing in |
| his mind. |
| It’s a hard life living when you’re lonely, it’s a long night sleeping alone. |
| It’s a hard time waiting for tomorrow, it’s a long, long way home. |
| Josie spends the evening with the people in the pages of the paperback she |
| picked up at the store. |
| Or sometimes it’s the TV, or she’ll try to write a letter, oh, they don’t come |
| too often anymore. |
| It’s a hard life living when you’re lonely, it’s a long night sleeping alone. |
| It’s a hard time waiting for tomorrow, it’s a long, long way home. |
| I stare at the gray walls before me, I see her face in the stone. |
| I try to imagine our baby, I wish they would let me go home. I wish they would |
| let me go home. |
| (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a hard life living when you’re lonely, |
| (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a long night sleeping alone. |
| (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a hard time waiting for tomorrow, |
| (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a long, long way home. |
| (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a long, long way home. |
| (I wish they would let me go home) Bringing me and the other boys home, |
| (I wish they would let me go home) Bringing me and the other boys home. |