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On a childhood highway through a night alone
I was barely breathing, I was crawling home Well it's not quite London or the south of France Or an Asian island or a second chance Going back to Nashville, thinking about the whole thing Guess you gotta run sometimes Maybe I'm a fast train rolling down a mountain Watching all my life go by You're a distant memory, you're an exit sign I was talking crazy on the driver's side And I know I hurt you but I can't confess Was that blood or a wine stain on your wedding dress? Going back to Nashville, thinking about the whole thing Guess you gotta run sometimes Maybe I'm a fast train rolling down a mountain Watching all my life go by Going back to Nashville, laughing at a bad break What's the use in wondering why? Baby, I'm a storm front blowing through the valley Tearing up a good July And it's safe and warm where nothing ever happens Would it be so hard to realign a star or two? Change a southern night for you Well it's not quite evening and it's not New York There's a scar in the blue sky by the old airport And I'm talking crazy on the driver's side I will always love you like a long goodbye |
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| 2. |
| 4:04 |
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You might see himStumbling out the front doorCrashing 'round the cornerMaybe gone for goodAnd you might see himSitting in a dark roomLike he never knew youAnd never wanted toHe might be walking on waterHe might be floating through airBut through the darkest remindersHe will be hoping you're thereYou might hear himBegging for forgivenessDishing out some nonsenseThat only brings you downAnd you might hear himSinging like his motherA distant little numberThat barely makes a soundHe might be walking on waterHe might be floating through airBut through the darkest remindersHe will be hoping you're thereAnd you might see himCreeping in your bedroomTrying not to wake youIn the middle of JulyAnd you might see himPulling back the coversHoping that you're still thereAnd hanging on for life
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| 3:47 |
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So I'm calling you up on a very small phone
I'm in the middle of nowhere, Population of one Indiana's the wrong place to be stuck in a car I'm the king of the highway, baby; Let me conquer your heart Come on sugar, just say I love you You're out riding those concrete canyons You don't know what it means to miss you I'm still driving through Indiana So you wanted some tales of my wild exploits I had a couple of drinks in Cincy And some drugs in Detroit Then a guy in Chicago said I sing like a girl So I bought him a round and thanked him; What else could I do? Come on sugar, just say I love you You're out riding those concrete canyons You don't know what it means to miss you I'm still driving through Indiana Say hello to your friends, Guess we'll call it a night I'm pulling off at a truck stop, It's a glamorous life Indiana's the wrong place To be breaking apart On a road that goes on forever, Like a hole in your heart Come on sugar, just say I love you You're out riding those concrete canyons You don't know what it means to miss you I'm still driving through Indiana |
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| 3:34 |
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all your beauty is hard to explain
dancing shadows and light on your face every kiss in the world wouldn쨔t make you feel better what a pity to paint in your lines nothing쨔s in me that쨔s worth one more rhyme could it be that we쨔re both just slaves to the weather beauty where to find it can쨔t be far beauty where you hiding tell me, I쨔ll go where you are maybe martha was right when she said beauty colors the face of the dead it made me wish we were back in our beds sleeping soundly our cheeks blushing red beauty where to find it can쨔t be far beauty where you hiding tell me, I쨔ll go where you are Ocos every tear your silly eye bleeds well never fear, you never may see worse than this I want to find a beautiful place but maybe I forgot about today, now, here beauty where to find it can쨔t be far beauty where you hiding tell me, I쨔ll go where you are |
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| 3:52 |
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| 3:15 |
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Heartbreak at childbirth,
The natural defense I lay there beside her And came to my sense Well heaven was healthy But leaving was hell The women beside me would know So she took the lead As I skipped off behind Into a forest of ladies divine A sweet piece of ass and A hat for my head Whatever made sense at the time And I was asleep When the lord showed his worth I jumped down the well Where the water was heard If all fallen angels must climb back to earth Send down a bucket of girls Diving for pearls, I ran out of air Swam through the world of bosoms and hair Pristine she was, but weren't they all Mercy, what god gave a girl What's there to fear in the curl of a lip The lamp lights the shoulder And spills down the hip South of Virginia the toes painted red The glory of flowers in bloom And I was asleep When the lord showed his worth I jumped down the well Where the water was heard If all fallen angels must climb back to earth Send down a bucket of girls |
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Soon I'm gonna leave this place for good
The city lies as the city should Yeah, you know there's just One place to be New Mexico wait for me And oh, I wanna go Where the air is clean And oh, New Mexico wait for me When I was a boy I would dream at night A cowboy's dream by a cowboy light Even though I haven't got to ride in yet New Mexico won't forget And oh, I wanna go Where the air is clean And oh, New Mexico wait for me And I'm gonna take a ride Through the mountains gallow Stare into the great array Maybe take a bath in the San Francisco This is where I'll stay Oh, I wanna go where the air is clean Oh, New Mexico wait for me New Mexico wait for me |
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| 3:38 |
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How did we ever end up hereStuck in my old hometownShuffling our cards at the breakfast table,Watching the world go 'roundWell baby you look like a princessWrapped in my old bathrobeTorn from a page in a paperback still waiting to unfoldAnd it's true I've been waiting on an angel in disguiseSo could you save me from an ordinary lifeWhere you can't be a kid in a candy storeSmacking your lips 'cause you still want moreI tried to be good but I'm still so bored tonightAnd I just don't care for ordinary lifeHow do we get back to KingstonParis and Tokyo BayI've got a card with a number on it itching to pay your wayAnd it's true we can't quite afford the sparkle in my eyeBut would you trade it for an ordinary lifeWhere you can't be the chick I was cruising forShaking your hips on a big dance floorYou tried to be good but you're still so bored tonight'Cause you just don't care for ordinary lifeAnd it's true I've been waiting on an angel in disguiseBut could you save me from an ordinary lifeWhere you can't be a kid in a candy storeSmacking your lips 'cause you still want moreI tried to be good but I'm still so bored tonightAnd I just don't care for ordinary life
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| 3:39 |
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| 4:45 |
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Well midnight has faded to morning
The city can't keep you with me 'Cause this is an island of vagabonds A stop on the way to be free But this is the wrong time for metaphors You like my one-liners best So take the Queensboro Bridge to the airport I'll stay and settle for less Well sweet baby Jesus is watching you From his bed at the big corner church And he knows the highs that you took me to 'Cause he knows the way that it hurts But this is the wrong time for saying prayers A kiss at the taxi will do And if the Queensboro Bridge never gets you there I'll be here waiting for you You're a beautiful sight over east river lights And I'm losing you You're a dream taking flight in a pink morning sky Yeah you're coming true And this is the wrong time for saying prayers A kiss at the taxi will do But if the Queensboro Bridge never gets you there I'll be here waiting for you Yeah if the Queensboro Bridge never gets you there I'll still be waiting for you |
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