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Intro

(Oh, yeah)

Quarter past eleven

Cruisin' with the windows down

Got the radio talking

But I ain't hearin' a sound

Verse 1

I polished up the Trans Am

Put a fresh tape in the deck

There's a magazine on the coffee table

That says it's coming "real soon," what the heck

I've watched every trailer

I know every frame by heart

I can tell you where the palm trees are

And where that yellow sports car starts

Pre-Chorus

My friends say, "Man, just let it go"

But they don't understand

I've been waiting through two consoles

With a controller in my hand

Chorus

GTA, when are you coming home?

I've got nowhere to be tonight

GTA, I've been waiting so long

For those Vice City lights

I'll pour another drink

I'll let the old records spin

But if you don't show up soon, baby

I might start GTA V again

Verse 2

I remember that summer

When Los Santos felt brand new

I spent a hundred hours

Doing things I probably shouldn't do

Now the years keep rolling

And my PlayStation's gathering dust

I don't need another teaser

I need somebody I can trust

There's a beach chair by the water

There's a sunset turning gold

But I'd trade this whole damn evening

For a game I've never played before

Pre-Chorus

My brother says, "It'll be worth it"

Like that's supposed to make me smile

I've heard that line so many times

I've almost lost my mind

Chorus

GTA, when are you coming home?

I've got nowhere to be tonight

GTA, I've been waiting so long

For those Vice City lights

I'll pour another drink

I'll let the old records spin

But if you don't show up soon, baby

I might start GTA V again

Instrumental Break

(Saxophone solo)

Bridge

Maybe I'll grow old waiting

Maybe I'll buy another car

Maybe I'll sit on the balcony

And wonder where you are

The years keep changing numbers

The calendar keeps moving on

But somewhere out there in Florida

There's a game I'm still waiting on

And I swear when that day comes

I'll cancel every plan

Lock the front door, kill the telephone

And disappear into the sand

Final Chorus

GTA, won't you hurry home?

I've been patient all this time

GTA, I've got a brand-new console

And a whole weekend to sacrifice

Let the ocean roll

Let the palm trees sway

I've got one thing on my mind tonight

Just give me GTA

GTA, when are you coming home?

Don't make me wait another year

I've been cruising through the sunset

But I need that loading screen here

Outro

(Oh, yeah...)

I'll be right here

Controller in my hand

Take your time, baby...

Just not too much time.

Intro

The fountain’s still running.

The driveway’s on fire.

Somebody left the sprinklers on

like water could retire.

The gates keep opening, closing,

opening, closing again.

There’s nobody coming up the road.

There’s nobody calling me “friend.”

Verse 1

The generator coughs behind the tennis court,

my mother’s portrait watching from the wall.

I’ve got twelve cars under waterproof sheets,

but none of them know where to go at all.

The pool boy left a note on the marble sink,

said, “Good luck, man,” and took the truck.

I’m eating peaches from a crystal bowl,

checking my phone like it still gives a—

Pre-Chorus

There’s champagne warm in the panic room,

gold bars stacked by the bottled air.

I paid a man to build me heaven,

now I’m the only idiot there.

Hook / Chorus

What do you buy at the end?

A ladder? A lawyer? A better friend?

I’ve got a house on a hill and a name on a gate,

but the sky doesn’t care what my father made.

What do you do when the money won’t bend?

What do you buy at the end?

What do you buy at the end?

What do you buy at the end?

Verse 2

The neighbors lit their hedges up

to spell out HELP in burning leaves.

I watched it from the breakfast nook

with imported tea between my teeth.

My bunker has a movie screen,

Italian tile, a wine display.

But nobody answered the intercom

when I buzzed downstairs to be saved.

Pre-Chorus

There’s a Rolex stopped at 3:18,

a safe full of cash I can’t spend anywhere.

I paid a priest, I paid a doctor,

I paid a pilot who isn’t there.

Hook / Chorus

What do you buy at the end?

A ladder? A lawyer? A better friend?

I’ve got a house on a hill and a name on a gate,

but the sky doesn’t care what my father made.

What do you do when the money won’t bend?

What do you buy at the end?

What do you buy at the end?

What do you buy at the end?

Instrumental Break

Long Bridge

I used to laugh at grocery lines,

at coupon hands and overtime.

At people counting quarters out

beneath the pharmacy sign.

I bought the lake, I bought the dock,

I bought the guardhouse and the dogs.

I bought a painting of a storm

and hung it in the hall.

Now the real one’s at the window,

dragging branches through the yard.

All my passwords, all my lawyers,

all my numbers, all my cards—

none of them can open this.

None of them can raise the dead.

None of them can make the voice

come back through the intercom again.

I’d trade the keys to every room,

the cellar wine, the silver spoons,

for one bad joke from someone real

and a mattress on the floor with room.

The dog is scratching at the cellar door.

I finally know what doors are for.

The dog is scratching at the cellar door.

I finally know what doors are for.

Final Hook / Chorus

What do you buy at the end?

A lighter? A shovel? A decent friend?

I’ve got my name on a wing of the hospital,

but nobody’s picking up the phone.

What do you do when the money won’t bend?

What do you buy at the end?

What do you buy at the end?

What do you buy at the end?

Outro

The fountain’s still running.

The fountain’s still running.

The fountain’s still running

for no one.