Wayne wants to be a country star
Sing gospel blues and play guitar
He says he won’t go to the bars
Cause he made some kind of deal with God
Wayne carries round grocery bags
Full of old CDs and soda cans
He wants to memorize his favorite hymns
For when he’s the singer in his own band
But it’s never gonna happen
Then again who am I to judge
He’s allowed to dream
Just like the rest of us
But we’ve all gotta know when we’ve been beat
When we’re never really where we’re supposed to be
It’s so damn hard to admit defeat
But Wayne and I need to give up on our dreams
Wayne gets mocked by younger men
In baseball caps and khaki pants
But dreams of marrying his best friend
When he’s clean enough to work again
But we all know he’s going nowhere
Then again, neither am I
We both stagger down the sidewalk
Just begging for a fight
Wayne found me on the streets one night
With magnolias draped in Christmas lights
Said he was turning round his life
And lifted prayers up for me on high
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