I'm Allowed

Waited for an answer

But I waited for twenty five years

They stopped my bleedin'

But could never stop all those tears

I waited for the day when

He came out from beneath all that weight

I tried to lift it

But it seems I got there too late

Just too late, just too late

'Cause I'm allowed

Came to the party

But I got my own signals crossed

Thought I was welcome

But I felt like I should get lost

I know that I'm older

'Cause I feel that everywhere

I could talk to no one

'Cause I knew not one person there

No one's there, they just stared

But they're allowed

Vivid as a car wreck

Watch them drippin' off highway ramps

Came to me smilin'

Her heart underneath both her hands

She spoke of a French boy

At least two times through the night

It could have been the liquor

Or the music, that is all right

That's all right, she's allowed

I'm allowed, I'm allowed, I'm allowed