Song Description
The ultimate despair of addiction.
| Song Length |
4:30 |
Genre |
Pop - Classic, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Worried |
Subject |
Addiction, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
The Wallflowers, Tom Petty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Waitin? On The Jones
Music: Allen Wentz/Paul Rogers, Lyrics: Wentz
You fall on your face
You pick yourself up
Swear that you?ll do anything to clean up the mess
Then you lie to yourself
Until you believe
The only way out is lying under your sleeve
You?re gonna be giving it all away
Because your waiting on the Jones
Heavens? never very far away
When you?re Waiting on the Jones
Better days have come and gone
Destination: All alone
When you?re waitin? on the Jones (chorus)
Heeding the call
You don?t step out of line
The preachers of love are always doing quite fine
The Lord lives in this town
Or so they?d have you think
With their sermons of prosperity
While we stand on the brink
You look for something to hang your hat on
A mystery that you finally understand
Then you cry out for freedom
A soul in chains that must break free
Nervous system out of sync
Absolutes are never easy
Black and white, with nothing in between
Night turns to day
Days fade away
Into past memories and colorless greys
©1999 From Wentz It Came, ASCAP