Long Life Living for a Lover Boy

I know I don't say it much
I long for a woman's touch
But every time the one I find just turns to dust
But the grass is green, or at least it was
And I do believe in love
I guess it's just not for us
But now and then I'll have a friend think that it was
End up crying liquor on a Greyhound bus
Had a long night with a woman somewhere up there in Detroit
Had a long-lived love in high school, left me questioning the point
How could something that's so grand bring me more pain than it does joy?
Been a long life living for a lover boy
I'm not into politics
But something has got to give
I get on my phone and get right back off again
People talking 'bout the world instead of changing it
And it's someone from my hometown or way out in Illinois
Getting into right and wrong or what to build or to destroy
And I love a little drama, but that's too much to enjoy
Been a long life living for a lover boy