You're young and in love and you think it's just enough
To keep you satisfied until forever
But what good is love when it keeps you out of touch
With the very things that keep it all together?
The longer you wait, the days are gettin' shorter
The farther you drift from the shore
The longer you wait to rise and look around you,
It may not be there anymore
You say you're seventeen and you swear you've got a dream
And if the wind is right, it's gonna find you
But what good is a dream without a dream machine
To take you through the obstacles that bind you?
The longer you wait, the days are getting shorter
The farther you drift from the shore
The longer it takes to rise and look around you,
It may not be there anymore
Don't need his arms to hold you tight
(Hold you tight)
Oh yes, those arms can hold you right
Don't let him dry those clear blue eyes
'Cause you know he's gonna get
You know, my sweet Loretta,
You know he's gonna let down in the end end
The longer you wait, the days are getting shorter
The farther you drift from the shore
So don't hesitate to rise and look around you
Just pick yourself up off the floor
(The longer you wait)
It may not be there anymore
(The longer you wait)
Just pick yourself up off the floor
(The longer you wait)