hear the trucks on the highway   and the ticking of the clock   there's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon   bullet holes in the mailbox   bullet holes in the mailbox   key holes in my mind      too long in the wasteland   too long in the wasteland   I've fallen behind      she said why don't you come see me   when the sun goes down   it'll be just like the old days   when I used to let you hang around   well I don't know   I might not speak the language anymore      too long in the wasteland   too long in the wasteland   will close some doors      the people in the village   watch their children play   at the sight of a stranger   they call the kids away   just leave that man alone   I hear the mother say      he's been   too long in the wasteland   too long in the wasteland   's what made him that way      well, I hadn't intended    to bend the rules   but whiskey don't make liars   it just makes fools   so I didn't mean to say it   but I meant what I said      too long in the wasteland   too long in the wasteland   must've gone to my head      jet trail in the sunset   a long way away   cutting 'cross the horizon   at the edge of the day   and it calls Jimmy   come fly away      but I've been   too long in the wasteland   too long in the wasteland   I believe I'll have to stay      yeah, I've been   too long in the wasteland   too long in the wasteland   I believe I'll have to stay