Haley's Lament

[Verse] Haley waits by the ocean The sun sinking low Dreams draped in twilight The evening aglow Brady lives in the shadows A small town's embrace He can't stand her tofu or her mounting chase [Verse 2] San Diego's a postcard she sends every year Her tears smudge the ink But he’s nowhere near He’s burdened by reasons By her debts and her greens To him She’s a puzzle of faraway scenes [Chorus] Haley longs for his footsteps on her sandy shore But Brady’s heart is a locked-up Stubborn door She whispers to the waves Hoping he might hear But he's frozen in his distance Never near [Verse 3] She's vegan in spirit Her soul's tender and light He feigns he's confused But it's an endless fight Her calls ring unanswered Her letters remain A testament to hopes wrapped tightly in pain [Verse 4] In her mind She traces the route he'd take Across mountains and deserts for her heart’s sake But Brady grumbles softly about dollars and cents For him Their love's buried under consequence [Chorus] Haley longs for his footsteps on her sandy shore But Brady’s heart is a locked-up Stubborn door She whispers to the waves Hoping he might hear But he's frozen in his distance Never near