Waiting from Beggar by Caitlin Cannon

We were only fifteen on the school debate team
I wore a tie had a face full of braces
You had holes in your jeans and safety pin earrings
Got tired of one side of your hair you’d just shave it
And I’d never seen a more beautiful thing
Said when you’re sick of that asshole you’re dating

I will be waiting
Until things are less complicated
Waiting
What else would you do for an angel

In a couple of years cocaine and cheap beer
I thought you might notice me running with that crowd
But you weren’t around the night I went out
Got into that trouble they don’t let you out of
Decided to fight for the rest of my life
To get outta of that hell I was caged in

Just waiting
Until things are less complicated
Waiting
What else would you do for an angel

So we wrote letters and talked on the phone
There were times I didn’t feel so alone
I’d see you the weekends you’d get it approved
But the letters stopped coming the visits did too

They gave me my pills a ten dollar bill
My teeth are half rotten my hair it’s all gray
And I didn’t know anywhere to call home
So I bought these cheap flowers to put on your grave
And I’m gonna spend my days making amends
So they’ll let me come see you in heaven

‘Til then I’ll be waiting
Until things are less complicated
Waiting
What else would you do for an angel

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