The Man I've Been Looking For
I WOKE UP AN HOUR EARLY, PUT ON MY RUNNIN SHOES OH MAN, ITS BEEN A WHILE, A HALF A MILES ALL I COULD DO THEN I PULLED A COUPLE WEEDS OUT OF THE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK TO MY FRONT DOOR POURED OUT THE COFFEE POT, STUCK IT UNDERNEATH THE CABINET DRANK A TALL COOL GLa*s OF WATER, GONNA BREAK THAT CAFFIENE HABIT AND QUIT STEPPIN OVER ALL MY WINTER CLOTHES AND PICK EM UP OFF THE FLOOR STOP BY BOBBY HENDONS, PAY HIM BACK THAT TWENTY BUCKS ITS JUST A LITTLE THING, IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH CHORUS BUT HEY, ITS A START, A SPECK OF LIGHT IN THE DARK A PLACE WHERE SMILIN DONT COME SO HARD ANY MORE MY VISIONS GROWIN CLEARER, I SEE A FACE THATS SO FAMILIAR YEAH, THIS MORNIN IN THE MIRROR BY THE DOOR I CAUGHT A GLANCE OF THE MAN IVE BEEN LOOKIN FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I MET A NICE GIRL AT MY CHURCH SHE REMINDED ME OF YOU, SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH WELL I FINALLY MUSTERED UP A LITTLE NERVE, AND ASKED HER FOR HER NUMBER I MET HER AT THE DELI ON HER LUNCH BREAK YESTERDAY WE BOTH WENT DUTCH, SO I GUESS ITS NOT A DATE CHORUS BRIDGE I REMEMBER WHEN THE DOCTOR SAID YOU DIDNT HAVE TOO LONG YOU MADE ME PROMISE ID MOVE ON BUT ITS PUTTIN MY FAITH TO THE TEST, EVERYDAY I DO MY BEST GIRL, I KNOW THEYRE ONLY BABY STEPS CHORUS