He came home from work at 3 AM
She was waiting in the kitchen
They sat down at the table and talked 'til 4
Tonight like so many nights before
And a fourteen-hour night's work in the mill
Feels like pushing boulders slowly up a hill
He say I don't know why
But I know sometimes you cry
I know it doesn't look like what you pictured in your mind
But I have loved you all this time
I wish that I could give you a typical life
She waited up for him 'til 3 o'clock
She washed the clothes, she watched TV, she watched the clock
'Cause it's better than just lying there alone
And listening to the silence in the hallways of a dark and empty home
This working days with nights at home gets long
And she can't shake a feeling now that something's going wrong
She says I don't know why
But I will admit sometimes I cry
No, it doesn't look like what I pictured in my mind
But I have loved you all this time
I wouldn't trade it all for a typical life
We climb this ladder but it's never everything it seems
We've been reaching for our future 'til we've forgotten what that means
We'll build it on the wreckage of these long-forgotten dreams
From when we were young and stupid
From when we were just sixteen
She says I don't know why
But I will admit sometimes I cry
And, no, it doesn't look like what I pictured in my mind
But I have loved you all this time
I've loved you all this time
And one day you're gonna find
There ain't no such thing at all as a typical life
She lay down next to him in bed
With a million thoughts just pounding in her head