Line In the Dust - Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers

Line In the Dust Lyrics

I'm walking outside
And I see you arrive
I say let's go for a ride
And have a good old time, whoaI'm saving up lies
Or just stay quiet every time
While you talkin' your line
Keep everything fine, whoa, fineBetween us, I can see
Things are not what they used to be
My old friend changed
Or maybe it was meThings 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 lineWe'd be playing outside
We'd swing on the swings
Shared most everything
Sit there and even singNow 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 markOh, painful mark on your soul
Takes its toll
I might as well fold
I've got my courage up
Gonna roll lowI 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 lineWe talk and talk
But you never see
Unreconstructed defiantly
My old friend changed
Or maybe it was meThings get so complicated
Jokes made, friendships dissipated
I've stayed quiet
So we don't get alienatedI 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 lineWait, wait a minute
Oh, say that again
Watch yourself drawing
A line in the dust