Night ain't for sleeping, or resting your bones
For reading no books, or turning up stones
The darkness is sent to be spent all alone
Remembering the girl who took off with your home

Well, it's hard to make time in the bustle of day
To earn the attention your mind has to pay
To properly mourn a love long passed away
Once sunset has fall'n, the time's all yours to waste

So I don't close my eyes, or fear the sunrise
Or waste any time waiting for tears to dry
Soaked to the bone, I'll be sitting alone
As I wait like a stone 'til, finally, my baby comes home

Every second gets harder to wait
Your silver spoon forced me to swallow my fate
No more can I stomach—mouth's burned of the taste
But my heart is still with you, no matter the place

My head has grown weary, my mind starts to tire
She's burned in my memory, my one true desire
It's been many a man walked many a wire
Tryin' to pull from the flames a love forged in fire

So I won't close my eyes, or wait for sunrise
Sit wasting my time wishing my cheeks would dry
For I'm soaked to the bone, left here all alone
And I sit like a stone 'til my baby brings back my sweet home

I've never been trusted to show you the way
But a friendly reminder, for if you find me one day—
No love can know when the falling of fate
Will find one heart's returned one moment too late