I've been working here, Monday, it'll be a year And I can't recall a day when I didn't wanna disappear But I keep on showing up, hell-bent on growing up If it takes a lifetime I'm learning how to be alone, fall asleep with the TV on And I fight the urge to live inside my telephone I keep my spirits high, find happiness by and by If it takes a life time I got too far from my raising, I forgot where I come from And the line between right and wrong was so fine Well I thought the highway loved me But she beat me like a drum My day will come, if it takes a lifetime I don't keep liquor here, never cared for wine or beer And working for the county keeps me busy and clear The nights are dry as dust, but I'm letting my eyes adjust If it takes a lifetime I got too far from my raising, I forgot where I come from And the line between right and wrong was so fine Well I thought the highway loved me But she beat me like a drum My day will come, if it takes a lifetime Man is a pile of gum, all the people that he ever loved And it don't make a difference how it ended up If I loved you once my friend, oh, I can do it all again If it takes a lifetime We got too far from my raising and we fought 'til we went numb You were running up a mountain in your own mind And I thought that I was running to but I was running from Oh, our day will come, if it takes a lifetime Our day will come, if it takes a lifetime