The Wheel

I let my patience overgrow

I let my hair get long enough

So it shows that I'm changing

For better or for worse

I spend my days by the phone

And I spend my nights drinking wine

All alone, until it hits me

And it hits me till it hurts

Ooh

I've been chasing the wheel

Better days, higher pay

And someone that makes me feel, left me standing in the dark

With two old empty pockets and this cold and lonely heart

I'm always one foot out the door

I got this tendency for always wanting more

And it haunts me

Cause I can't seem to keep a girl

I write my sorries in a song

And I take the long way round

Admitting when I'm wrong

Ain't it funny, I sit here and curse the world

Ooh

I've been chasing the wheel

Better days, higher pay

And someone that makes me feel

Left me standing in the dark

With two old empty pockets and this cold and lonely heart

So I bottle up my feelings

And hang them on a shelf

Next to my knack for contradicting everything I tell myself

I set fire to my ego

And I watch that fucker burn

It's like I'm sitting here

Waiting on the world to take its turn

When will I learn?

But I keep chasing the wheel

Better days, higher pay

And a lover that keeps it real

Left me standing in the dark

With two old empty pockets

And this cold and lonely heart