In a While

You keep his picture close beside you
 It's girlish wishes that never came true
 But the pony you wanted when you were a child
 Is dead in the ground by now
 You bring the bar home and the smell of your hair
 It wilts the flowers that your girlhood put there
 You're disappointed before you lay your head down
 You're tired of your life in this town
 In a while nothing will hurt anymore
 And the hall light won't wake you behind a close door
 Everyone cries and everything dies
 In a while, in a while, in a while
 In a while, in a while, in a while
 Can praying save you as you wait by the phone?
 It didn't seem to, 'cause you're still alone
 And your little girl wishes one thing as a dime
 Nobody can help you this time
 But in a while nothing will hurt anymore
 And the hall light won't wake you behind a close door
 Everyone cries and everything dies
 In a while, in a while, in a while
 In a while, in a while, in a while
 It's horses and hay and lovers hold sway
 Giving yourself away
 The devils and graves and pink toes and paints
 And soldiers to say lullabies, high
 In a while nothing will hurt anymore
 And the hall light won't wake you behind a close door
 Everyone cries and everything dies
 In a while, in a while, in a while
 In a while, in a while, in a while