Once you had a world
in the creases of your boyish hand
You didn't need any friends at all
you were the solo in a one-man band
Your Father worked a simple welding job
at a factory way off outta sight
But your Mother ran off in his direction
she never came back to kiss you goodnight
And she said don't go opening this can of worms
'cause it's all too much for you to take
And you said Momma don't you leave us it's much too late
I'd like you here when I wake
is romance really all this fake?
I'd like you here when I wake
When you met a girl
at that party at your best friend's house
The questions didn't take you long at all
but face-to-face you were a quiet mouse
Fifteen years later down the line
with your children standing by the door
As their Mother made an exit never coming back
she left you standing there with nothing more
She said don't go opening this can of worms
'cause it's all too much for you to take
And you said Honey don't you leave us it's much too late
I'd like you here when I wake
is romance really all this fake?
I'd like you here when I wake
When you'd seen it all
laying colder than a sunken wreck
Empty bottles on the table that you've gone necked back
and a criss-cross tie around your neck
And you wrote don't go opening this can of worms
'cause it's all too much for you to take
So don't go running 'round in circles now it's much too late
I'd like you here when I wake
hoping you don't curl up and break
I'd like you here when I wake