it's the fourth of july and the fireworks are over   she sits in the car next to me   she stares out the window, the world is far, far away   and I am too      she takes a long, slow look with her weary, weary eyes    and takes a deliverance breath   i can't do this anymore    i've been waiting so long   to give back, give back what i gave to you      (c)   she waits so long   she waits so long   she waits so long    she waits so long      flowers you picked and your foot on the table   you're trying so hard to make this work   want me to need me the way that you need me   but i don't know      maryann, i think i know what our problem is   we need a little space and some time   are you leaving me? how could you say that?    how could you say that now?      (c)   she waits so long   she waits so long   she waits so long    she waits so long      (b)   she said i can't take it here no more   i feel much better than before   missed your chance so get out of my way   never gonna see me here again      you swallowed my faults and you kept them for later   you needed our love to survive   and now you walk out to leave me forever   i'll be the one who's burning inside   (c)   she waits so long   she waits so long   she waits so long    she waits so long   how could she wait so long?