Swallowing stones On the way to your home I waste time being wistful and slow Get so tired of singing your songs Say I'll move to the city When I'm finally grown But I been driving the long way home Round the block just to finish that song Deciduous forest ain't growing my way Say things'll get better when I get away But I been watching the skyline and been getting home late Counting ways that I love you and lights on the parkway Where was I hiding when We all grew up Watching blinking lights changing On the edge of some bluff I keep making mistakes And they're not makin' me any tougher And I wish everyone liked me but You'd be more than enough Swallowing stones On the way past your home I like who your parents are voting for There's a sign on your lawn I'm gonna move to the city When they tell me that I've grown We could waste our lives being wistful and slow Miss my prime while I'm choking on stones