Patient Lady

Though your son has tried a thousand ways, lady
In a different city every thirty days
Patient lady
He writes, "Hey mother
I'm working down here as a farmhand"
He calls, "Hey mother
And I also play lead in a rock band"

Although sister carries many books, lady
Don't you think she cares more how she looks, lady
Patient lady
She questions her father
And says, "Why do I study as I do?"
She explains, "Hey father
Since I don't want to waste time like you do"

"You know father, he says he wants respect," lady
"He works so hard"
But his son and daughter he suspects, now lady
Patient lady
He says, "Hey doctor
How do they expect me to bear this load?
Hey preacher man
I'm lost down here on this lonely road"

It is far too late when mother knows, ladies
That she never sees her children grow, lady
Patient lady

She feels lonely
She feels lonely
She feels lonely

Ooh, call her
She feels lonely
She feels lonely
She feels lonely
Call her
She's lonely, lonely
She's lonely
Got to call her
Call her
She's lonely

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Call her
Yeah, yeah, uh-huh

She's lonely, yeah, lonely, lonely
Waiting in the kitchen
She's lonely
Call her, call her
Lonely
Yeah, yeah, she's lonely

Call her away
Call her
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Call her away
Call her
She's lonely
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah