Chorus:. High on a hillside the old church steeple calls. The bells are a ringin', a singin' to one and all. Of the joys and the sorrows the laughter and the pain.
Romance is a slow dance. To a sound as sweet as rain. It's a new song you never heard before. Unfolding to you both the same. . It takes time but you can get that step.
Once I lived like a traveler standing at the crossraads of his life. Who knows not where to turn, wonders if he'll ever reach his home. I was lost, tired, and waiting, didn't have a reason to go on.
Baby you put my love on hold. You gave me a peek at the pot of gold. Now you're givin' me the run around. . You gave a taste to a hungry heart. One day together and a month apart.
Now the stars are fading in the morning light. And you're warm beside me in the early bright. You're the one I wanted, you're the one I need. And I feel so safe here and I feel so free.
I tried to tell you that we'd make it through somehow. You wouldn't listen and I wouldn't blame you now. I ain't got money but I sure got bills to pay.
Chorus. Every day is a long time waiting. Every night is alone and cryin'. Your memory is a long time fadin'. Every tear has a reason why, every tear has a reason why.
When you look out your window and see her runnin' away. You start addin' things up, how you let her down. Now she's makin' you pay, by runnin' away. .
There in the paper as plain as day I saw. Your face was smilin' and lookin' my way it said. You beat the odds in some game. Five thousand dollars and fame.