Waiting - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

I paint my smile in the mirror when the real one's gone

This just ain't the kinda show that I thought I′d put on

Wiping tables when I should be singing songs

I cut my teeth on these barstools that I'm serving now

I watch all my friends grow up, and they just leave this town

Guess I'm lost again, right where I was found

Waiting

Thank God, I didn′t know at 22

How goddamn long a dream takes to come true

Passing by all the marquees I used to run around

I played that stage with Eric Church ′til they took my name down

14 years into this so-called 10-year town

And I'm waiting, waiting

I′m not where I thought I'd be at 32

How goddamn long does it take to make a dream come true

They got stubborn in the water where I come from

And you don′t wait on trains you think will never come

So I'm waiting

Waiting

And I can′t wait to hear the things I'll say at 42

But how goddamn long does it take to make a dream come true