The tower and the fool - How Long lyrics

[Verse 1] She might not know it, but she wears my heart on her sleeve And I know this for sure by the hole in my chest And the bloodstains that run down her street And I can't deny all the times I've tried Tried to get her out of my mind Boy, I believe you, it's not easy to do It's just going to take some time [Chorus] How long? How long am I gonna feel this way? [Verse 2] 'Cause it's been almost one year Since the last time that I saw her face That pretty little girl with the smile of a sheep And the style of a wolf with drawn fangs And once in a while, I still walk down the road Down the street where we had lived I bet you're hoping to see her and not really need her And thinking to yourself [Chorus] How long? How long am I gonna feel this way? How long? How long until something washes this away? [Verse 3] 'Cause each dam's still burning in water Still drowning in flame And at night when I sleep, her ghost crawls in my sheets I hear her voice calling out my name Man, I'm not gonna lie I've fought and I've tried so hard to push it away Boy, I see right through you You loved her, you still do Only time will heal your pain [Chorus] How long? How long am I gonna feel this way? How long? How long until something washes her away? [Bridge] 'Cause she wears me down, man She wears me out like the knees in my blue jeans And I can only patch them so many times with whiskey Before it starts k**ing me Yeah, she wears me down, man She wears me thin like the threads in that old dress Like the one I got for her out in Albuquerque When I was heading home from the west coast [Ending] She might not know it, but she wears my heart on her sleeve 'Cause I stitched it on tight that last night in November The last day that she had seen me