cool midnight no smoking section she walks in like she owns the entire room and i stare down into my water wondering what can take away all this gloom it's a pretty bad case my situation i let you take every ounce of energy i had but it won't last i can't see it stayin' this way there must be something good to follow all this bad don't get uptight let her lose her cool patience is a virtue never known to me but it's about to change i can feel it turning finding something upon which we can agree so i give her space all the room she needs no one can say i smothered her this time around i give her plenty of rope and she'll hang herself fade into the background without a sound i won't get upset i'll let her lose her cool patience is a virtue well known to me everything has changed i can feel it churning i finally got something upon which we can agree words and music by joseph herbert, copyright 2000