Waiting for Loretta Too Long

i know a girl she's blonde and free
 turns 21 on new years eve
 everytime i see her she clings to me
 cause thats what young girls do
 shes fire on her own she knows me well
 never gets mad at the storys i tell
 shes an old soul living in a cheap motel
 travelin to by sea
 i been up and i been down
 and i been away and i been around
 and i been mopin all around this town
 waiting for loretta too long
 well i knew a girl
 i knew her family too
 and theyd all try to skin me if they only knew
 but it only happened for a time or two
 i couldn't hold her all through the storm
 well shes a comfort in the rain
 shes a walk in the park
 shes cold in the day
 cool when its dark
 and i came outside and she was standing on my car
 she don't like it when i tell her no
 well i been up and i been down
 i been away and i been around
 and i been mopin all around this
 waitin for loretta too long
 well i met a girl she liked the way i smelled
 thought it was a little bit weird but i thought what the hell
 so we road all around til the morning fell
 i liked her freckles in the sunrise
 so i saw her again but it wasn't too long
 before she asked me to sing her a loretta song
 and thats about the time everything went wrong
 i never saw or heard from her again
 cause she knew better than that
 and she knew better than me
 and she could see all the things i couldn't yet see
 and she told me id get it eventually
 i'm still looking i guess
 so i been up and i been down
 and i been away and i been around
 and i been mopin all around this town
 waiting for loretta too long