Long Johns Lyrics

I'm sorry, darlin', that we ain't had much to eat

Wrapped up in your blankets while I'm singing you to sleep

In my jacket and my long johns cos we can't afford the heat

I can see my breath and I can barely feel my feet

I worked out there all day in this minus 10 degrees

And I ain't got much to show for it, 'cept a creepin' misery

And a closet full of empty bottles, cigarettes, and weed

That I use to numb the memories of all these broken dreams

They say a loving heart will break with certainty

Well I'm in a million pieces and I'm breaking certainly

And I wouldn't blame ya if you want to go and set me free

I know letting you down all the time sure takes a toll on me

I promised you one day that I would make it big

Now I'm wonderin' where I went wrong as I take another swig

Afraid of what I was and afraid of what I could be

And this fear is like a long dark cloud that's hovering over me

And all these mountains call to me

Like a foghorn to a ship long lost at sea

So I climb up to the top, and I don't stop

Cos I remember when

You were lying there, just weeping quietly

As I sang a song about a man who was hurtin' just like me

And he went out to the woods, scratched "I love you" on the tree

And was found the next day, lonesome, swinging in the breeze