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40 Hours

Howie Day

Lately after dark
I've been wandering through the park
With the angry words you said
Wandering through my head
There's nothing I can do
To keep from feeling like I blew
The only chance I had to make it better
The shadow on the wall
Is looking down from 10 feet tall
And I wonder what it sees
As I stumble through the streets
To never feel alone
Seemed written down in stone
But now it's all I can do to try and forget her
40 hours and counting
I could shut my eyes and sleep here
Morning comes and goes
And I'm tangled in the throes
Of the stillness of my room
And a bandage on my wound
My heart becomes a bird
She set free with just a word
And now I'm wishing that I had never met her
40 hours and counting
I could shut my eyes and sleep here
People rushing by
Out the corner of my eye
A kaleidoscope of blue
A mirror broke in two
A thousand little stars
And a million little wars
Scattered out across the open desert
40 hours and counting
I shut my eyes and sleep here
My world is set ablaze
By a never-ending haze
And you're closer than a tear
I see you ever clear
The rush is in the veins
And there's nothing else to blame
But every minute, every hour, every second
40 hours and counting
I shut my eyes and sleep here
Shut my eyes and sleep to dream
Lately after dark
I've been wandering through the park
With the angry words you said
Wandering through my head
There's nothing I can do
To keep from feeling like I blew
The only chance I had to make it better