I gotta stop what I’m doin’
I can’t go on
I have concertina wrapped around my axle
an’ it’s slowin’ me down
I won’t be joining the fray
I ain’t ready for a fight
my engine’s overheated so
I’m gonna have to sit this one out

Darlin’, I’ve worked on this
every night and day
I really don’t know what to say
but I’m gonna try anyway
y’see, this aeolian wind
is carvin’ up my heart
I’m not made for this kind of weather
I’m gonna have to sit this one out

I’ll just have to sit this one out
I need a hush
I’ll just have to sit this one out
I need a hush

I think I might have sheared a sprocket
‘cause I’m runnin’ in place
I’m out in the open, I’m exposed
an’ I don’t feel safe
I’m caught in a recurring dream
nothin’ really is what it seems
I’m about to go crazy so
I’m gonna have to sit this one out

I try to retrace my route
how I got to this place
I don’t know where I went wrong but
I’m gonna have to sit this one out

My brother picked me up at the Greyhound station
I was passing through on a fool’s vacation
Playin’ softball in the park, smokin’ drinkin’ after dark
Strippin’ down to our au naturel couture
Then you an’ I made love on his livin’ room floor

Where did you go? I never caught your name
It might have been a one-night stand
But I remember just the same
We were lean an’ fast an’ hungry
And life was one big party, but I’m sorry
I never caught your name

Oh, goodness gracious!
ragin’ crazy days
We tripped a light fantastic, for sure
definitely unconcerned

Where did you go? I never caught your name
It might have been a one-night stand
But I remember just the same
We were lean an’ hungry
And life was just a party, but I’m sorry
I never caught your name

As the years went by, I eventually got straight
My brother said he heard that you were workin’ in Kuwait
But that single night of revelry, still lingers in my memory
And left me hankerin’ for more
When you an’ I made love on his livin’ room floor

Where did you go? I never caught your name
It might have been a one-night stand
But I remember just the same
We were lean an’ fast an’ hungry
And life was just a party, but I’m sorry
I never caught your name