[00:19.37]Josie works the counter at the downtown five and dime
[00:23.58]Anything at all to help her pass the time
[00:28.70]Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on
[00:32.75]About the good times playing in his mind
[00:37.64]It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
[00:42.39]It's a long night sleepin' alone
[00:46.98]It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
[00:51.65]It's a long, long way home
[01:04.03]Josie spends the evening with the people "on" the pages
[01:08.09]Of the paperback she picked up "at" the store
[01:13.37]Or sometimes it's the TV or she'll try to write a letter
[01:17.39]But they don't come too often anymore
[01:22.12]It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
[01:26.78]It's a long night sleepin' alone
[01:31.34]It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
[01:35.99]It's a long, long way home
[01:48.09]I stare at the gray walls before me
[01:53.04]And I see her face in the stone
[01:57.49]I try to imagine our baby
[02:02.08]I wish they would let me go home
[02:06.71]I wish they would let me go home
[02:13.85]It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
[02:18.50]It's a long night sleepin' alone
[02:22.93]It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
[02:27.52]It's a long, long way home
[02:32.12]It's a long, long way home
[02:36.82]Bring me and the other boys home
[02:41.21]Bring me and the other boys home