It’s comin’ on the end of AugustAnother summer’s promise almost goneAnd though I heard some wise man sayThat every dog will have his dayHe never mentioned that these dog days get so longI don’t know when I realized the dream was overWell, there was no particular hour, no given dayYou know, it didn’t go down in flameThere was no final scene, no frozen frameI just watched it slowly fade awayAnd I’ve been waiting in the weedsWaiting for my time to come around again andHope is floating on the breezeCarrying my soul high up above the ground andI’ve been keepin’ to myselfKnowin’ that the seasons are slowly changingEven though you’re with somebody elseHe’ll never love you like I doI’ve been biding time with the crows and sparrowsWhile peacocks prance and strut upon the stageIf finding love is just a danceProximity and chanceYou will excuse me if I skip the masqueradeAnd I’ve been waiting in the weedsWaiting for the dust to settle down along theBack roads running through the fieldsLying on the outskirts of this lonesome townAnd I imagine sunlight in your hairYou’re at the county fairYou’re holding hands and laughingAnd now the ferris wheel has stoppedYou’re swinging on the topSuspended there with himAnd he’s the darling of the sheikThe flavor of the week is meltingDown your pretty summer dressBaby, what a mess you’re makingI’ve been stumbling through some dark placesNow I’m following the plowI know I’ve fallen out of your good gracesIt’s alright nowAnd I’ve been waiting in the weedsWaiting for the summer rain to fall upon theWild birds scattering the seedsAnswering the calling of the tide’s eternal tuneThe phases of the moonThe chambers of the heartThe ebb and dart of small graySpiders spinning in the darkIn spite of all the times the web is torn apartAnd I’ve been waiting in the weedsWaiting for the time to come around again andHope is floating on the breezeCarrying my soul high up above the ground andI’ve been keepinl to myselfKnowing that the seasons are slowly changingEven though you’re with somebody elseHe’ll never love you like I do