And Now I'm Over Here and You're Over There

It’s really not a mystery

You just wound up over there

And we gotta be, uh

You know

We’d be on the same side

Of every room

And then one day

You’re an inch

Then a mile

Then you’re just gone

And I’m looking around like--

Boy, I must’ve messed up, right?

How’d it all go like the ocean

Where it takes you away

From where you want to be

You’re over there

And I’m over here

And I can see you

For awhile

I couldn’t even do that

But now, yeah

I can see you

You’re looking off to the side

Trying to catch my attention

And it’s, uh--

It’s been ten years

You know?

Ten damn years

And we’re doing this--

You trying to catch

My attention?

Baby, I’m too old for that

I’m just--

I mean, I don’t know

If I’m too old

Or too tired

But I’m one of ‘em

I’m…

I’m one of ‘em

And I’ll tell you one thing

I’m not, ha

I’m not going over there

And I know you well enough to know

You’re not coming over here

So, uh, we got a problem, right?

Too stubborn people

Keep everything between them

And nothing next to ‘em

Certainly not each other

You’ve had a space for me

Next to you

Since I’ve known you

And I’ve had my whole life cleared out

So it was nothing but space and space and space

Waiting for you to come along

And fill it up for me

But one of us

Has to budge, right?

And, uh, whether it’s right or wrong

I’m telling you

I can’t

I can’t go over there

Not after--

Ten years, you know?

No

I can’t

Not anymore

I love you like nobody’s ever…

And now I’m over here and you’re there

Stuck in place

With all this bullshit music playing

And people dancing

And eyes going this way and that

Because the minute one of us sees each other

We’re going to go running

Right past all these other folks

And that’s scary, isn’t it?

You’re over there

And I’m right here

Tapping my toe

Waiting for you

To stop looking at nothing

And start looking at me

Like I’ve been asking you to for…

I guess none of this

Is going to get…

I just want to know

I just want to know

While you sit there

I want to know

Where we go

From here