Waiting

We were only fifteen on the school debate team

I wore a tie, had a face full of braces

You had holes in your jeans, safety pin earrings

Got tired of one side of your hair, you'd just shave it

And I'd never seen a more beautiful thing

Said when you're sick of that asshole you're dating

I will be waiting

Till things are less complicated

Just waiting

What else would you do for an angel?

In a couple of years, cocaine and cheap beer

I thought you might notice me running with that crowd

You weren't around on the night I went out

Got into that trouble, they don't let you out of

Decided to fight for the rest of my life

To get out of that hell, I was caged in

Just waiting

Till things are less complicated

Just waiting

What else would you do for an angel?

So we wrote letters and talked on the phone

There were times I didn't feel so alone

I'd see you the weekends, you'd get it approved

The letters stopped coming the visits did too

They gave me my pills, a ten-dollar bill

My teeth are half rotten, my hair, it's all gray

I didn't know anywhere to call home

So I bought these cheap flowers to put on your grave

I'm gonna spend my days making amends

So they'll let me come see you in Heaven

Till then, I'll be waiting

Till things are less complicated

Just waiting

What else would you do for an angel?