Marathon
by Vic Chesnutt
From the album: North Star Deserter
Track 11 of 12 on North Star Deserter (2007).
Duration: 5:34
Lyrics for Marathon
To do lists on a long yellow legal pad Blue Windsor knots framed by basic black Resplendent table, great forest of paper plates Carrying the weight of the world Saps every ounce of your strength In training to run a marathon Miles and miles and miles With your Sunday shoes on In training to run a marathon Miles and miles and miles With your dress shoes on But all these recurring dreams Will increase and then peter out and cease Till they do evaporate But oh so slowly like piss on a toilet seat In training to run a marathon Miles and miles and miles With your Sunday shoes on In training to run a marathon Miles and miles and miles With your dress shoes on