By The Wayside
She picked me up
On Dixie Highway
And wove her spell
The far side of the world
We fell from heaven
And raised some hell
But I fell by the wayside
Like all childish things must
She took me in from the sidewalk
And left me out in the dust
I crawled out of a bottle
To see the circle
And take my vow
They told me 
Only soul, and sweet surrender
Can help me now
But I fell by the wayside
With the meetings and such
A dozen steps up the mountain
Was about eleven too much
She took me down
Down down down down
Going from one low
To another
My face to the stars
With my back in the gutter
I wandered up
To the cathedral
To ease my pain
They promised me a word
Midnight redemption
In Jesus’ name
But I fell by the wayside
Lost before I begin
A repeated offender
Of original sin

By The Wayside

Hint (New mix)

Wasted
She reads a bargain basement
Book of love
And she rolls that pretty prose
Around her tongue
She thought that life could deliver
If you wait enough
But you don’t see what you’re missing
Until its gone
She sees young lovers
By the score
But they don’t seem so sweet anymore
Just gets harder
So much harder
To endure
Ain’t love a lie
If you’re live and dying
In memories that are gone
Don’t love
Seem so wasted on the young
He had a hard time
To raise her
On his working pay
Though it went too fast
He knew she couldn’t last forever 
As a kid
Thought he had plans
When he started
But that was yesterday
And it tears him apart
That she could break his heart
Like she did
He took the fighting
And the screams 
And he sacrificed all of his early dreams
And it kills him
That she seems to
Hate him now
How you know you’ll grieve
When they up and leave 
After everything you’ve done
Don’t love
Seem so wasted on the young
He took the fighting
And the screams 
And he sacrificed all of his early dreams
And it kills him
That she seems to
Hate him now
How you know you’ll grieve
When they up and leave 
After everything you’ve done
Don’t love
Seem so wasted on the young

By The Wayside

Noel O'Connor

Related tracks