Drinking the smoke from a roadside cafe
With a lump in my throat
I can't swallow my eggs
I've been a fool and i've always cared for you
Though it hasn't always seemed that way

Excuses are easy to find,
But reasons are hard
I just run out of time
I know i didn't call you from out on the road
But you were always the one on my mind
You were always on my mind

Lately my dear i've been searching my diary
For pages when you were still mine
The words covered over by a pressed 4-leaf clover
Plucked from a luckier time

The secrets i keep are transparent at best
i heard some advice that hit close to my chest
Said "this kinda girl don't come along every day
She's a catch, don't let her get away"

Lately my dear i've been searching my diary
For pages when you were still mine
The words covered over by a pressed 4-leaf clover
Plucked from a luckier time

I'll get some new jokes and a puppy named folks
You'll love him from very first sight
Then someday maybe you'll call me your baby
Like you did in my dreams tonight
Like you did in my dreams...