Counting The Days

Lying in some hotel room far away from love
Tired in a way that few could know
Beaten by the long arm
And the footsteps from above
Listening to the traffic below

Bad thoughts banging on my door
I don't wanna talk today
Would you go away while you leave me be?
I set out traveling long ago
You know it wasn't easy letting go
Now the thing I love the most is killing me

And my years are showing, my children are growing
It's too late now to roll back the dial
In my heart I'm knowing, it's time to get going
The years are getting shorter all the while
I'm just counting the days gone and wasted away
Ooh, hmm

Shipwreck promises are sinking deep within the mind
Another birthday gone and you're running out of time
And you wish that you could trade back all the hours that you killed
Put the places that you've been to and the boxes that you filled

But nobody wants to see the tears of a man
So you press your weary eyes into the palms of your hands
And you're waiting for the highs to save you from the lows
And your feet just wanna fly, but there's nowhere to go

And my years are showing, my children are growing
It's too late now to roll back the dial
In my heart I'm knowing, it's time to get going
The years are getting shorter all the while
I'm just counting the days gone and wasted away
Ooh, hmm, ooh, hmm

And my years are showing, my children are growing
It's too late now to roll back the dial
In my heart I'm knowing, it's time to get going
The years are getting shorter all the while
I'm just counting the days gone and wasted away
Ooh, hmm

Oh, and my ears are short
Children are growing
And my bones are low
It's time to get going