One Too Many Mornings
Joan Baez Lyrics

Down the street the dogs are barking
It's evening and the dogs along the street are barking

And the day is a-gettin' dark
The daylight is fading away

As the night comes in a-falling
The night is setting in

The dogs will lose their bark
The dogs will stop barking when night falls

And the silent night will shatter
The silence that comes with the night will be shattered

From the thoughts inside my mind
By the thoughts that occupy my mind

And I'm one too many mornings
I have seen too many mornings and I'm exhausted

And a thousand miles behind
I'm far behind, like a thousand miles

At the crossroads of my doorstep
At the front porch, facing the intersection

My eyes they start to fade
I feel fatigued and weak

And I turn my head back to the room
I look back at my past memories with my lover in the room

Where my love and I have laid
Where we slept together

And I gaze back to the street
And I look back towards the street

The sidewalk and the sign
At the pathway and the signboard

And I'm one too many mornings
I've had too many mornings in my life

And a thousand miles behind
I'm far behind my expectations

It's a restless hungry feeling
It's a feeling of hunger and anxiety

That don't mean no one no good
Such feelings don't benefit anyone

When everything I'm saying
All the words I speak

You can say it just as good
Can be said better by someone else

You were right from your side
You had your own perspective and you were correct accordingly

But I was right from mine
But I had my perspective and I was right accordingly

We're both just one too many mornings
We've both had too many mornings

And a thousand miles behind
We're both far behind where we should be