riding on down the open road 
I'm on a straight line 
yeah I was on my way to the holy ghost 
when the devil rolled by 

from the fire to the ashes the angels call 
to find a home 
didn't know what I had had till I found it gone 
now I'm waiting all day long 

for a century song 
I'll sit and wait for a century song 

write it all down before you die 
the lesson I'm learning 
yeah I was soaking wet in a cold black lie 
that I couldÂ've been burning 

to find a home 
I don't care whatever you think the future brings 
that'll only take too long 

like a century song 
I'll sit and wait for a century song 

from the fire to the ashes the angels call 
to find a home 
didn't know what I had had till I found it gone 
now I'm waiting all day long 

for a century song 
I'll sit and wait for a century song 

like a century song 
I'll sit and wait for a century song