Bad Timing Blues

[Verse 1]
I met her on a Sunday morning the sun was coming over the hill
I didn’t have much to offer then but she was looking at me still
But love had already shown her things she never wanted to know
She spent a lot of time with me just learning to let go

[Chorus]
Yes she was busy looking backwards
Had better things to do
Left me with a cold-hearted case of those bad timing blues

[Verse 2]
She was on a train to San Francisco, left me at the Seattle station
I was trying to believe that she never left that her mind was a-busy changin’
But that trains on a one-way track and it’s always making perfect time
I guess I’m finished wasting hers if she is finished wasting mine

[Chorus]
Yes she was busy looking backwards
Had better things to do
Left me with a cold-hearted case of those bad timing blues

[Verse 3]
I left her in the August rain outside a cafe in Vancouver
She cried “this would be the last goodbye” and this time I believed her
Well many days have passed and gone and oh how the times barely changed
'Cept I heard she’s living in Michigan and she is looking for a different name

[Chorus]
Yes she was busy looking backwards
Had better things to do
Left me with a cold-hearted case of those bad timing blues

[Verse 4]
Well maybe down the road somewhere if our fates do allow
Our shadows will meet in some alleyway on the wrong side of town
But this ain’t some old time movie there’s no red curtain resolve
No it’s just some terrible mistake that neither of us could ever solve

[Chorus]
Yeah we were busy looking backwards, had better things to do
Got us a a cold-hearted case of those bad timing blues

[Verse 5]
The past is like some salesman who comes knockin’ at my door
I gave him everything I got but he still comes back for more
And I spend a lot of time alone but I walk those busy streets
I see the same lonesome look on every face I meet

[Chorus]
Yeah we're all busy looking backwards
We got better things to do
Got us a cold-hearted case of those bad timing blues
Yeah we're all busy looking backwards
Got better things to do
Got us a cold-hearted case of those bad timing blues