I saw you standing there. Outside the windows of my heart. So cold and shivering. There in your world that is so dark. . I wish that I could set you free.
(Matraca Berg/Gary Harrison). . I've been living on the wrong side of Memphis. I'm really breaking away this time. A full tank of gas and a '69 Tempest.
There's a firefly in love with a distant star. Looking longingly up through the atmosphere. Tiny beacon flies, finds his wings too soon. I watch him make his way, blinded by the moon.
Saturday, I drove into town. In the co-op where your friends hang out. I heard one say "What's she doing here?". Well, I held my head up high, swallowed my bitter tears..
I walked the streets of this little town. Late last night when it all shut down. Feeling stuck between lost and found and nowhere. . Using my memory for a map.
Where'd you get the number. Where'd you get the matches. In a motel room. Were they lying in a drawer with your old. boyscott badges. I think I know the truth.
Oh, the sun rolls down, big as a miracle. And fades from the Midwest sky. And the corn and the trees wave in the breeze. As if to say goodbye. . Oh, my grandfather stood right here as a younger man.
He ran hard, he ran fast. A fallen angel on a weekend pass. Never looked forward, never looked back. A blaze of glory down a one way track. . I hear the whistle.
You can't run from your blues. You can't waltz across Texas in a beat up Subaru. So I sat a bar down the street from Pete's garage. Then you walked in,like a long legged,sweet mirage.
Sunday morning, a quarter past ten. The congregation says amen. The friends and neighbors come rolling in. Amazing grace and original sin. The preacher said one of us had strayed.
Praise and worship. Bow your head. Say a prayer for the too soon dead. Call it God's will. Call it fate. Call for mercy, it's too late. . Cos this ain't where the Angels dwell.
It was a long, hard road, it was all up hill. We nearly lost our way, we nearly lost our will. So we clung to the rocks where the cold winds blow. Till love gave us strength to finally let go.
Why do I lie here like this. Paralyzed by the truth in your kiss. You think that I don't know there's someone else. I should get up and go, but I'm not feeling well.
All aboard. The ship is waiting. All aboard, you know I've finally learned. That I don't need no farewell party. I'm just gonna let my bridges burn. Cause I'm going down the river of no return.
Last night I dreamed I was standing at Heaven's gate. Calling out your name but no one ever came. Can't find no mercy, no comfort without you here. God it just ain't fair but I'm sending up a prayer.
Fire on the asphalt, L.A. freeway. Santa Anna windstorm come blow me away. This rear-view mirror could use some adjustment. Some other reflection, some other place.
I watch the sun going down while I stand on sacred ground. Where once the night found us in the twilight of our love. You said you'd meet me here but I'm all alone.
It's over, baby, let's face it, baby. I'm seldom on your mind. It's over, baby, let's face it. I won't think you unkind. Go softly when you, go easy when you.
Walking on a cloud. Lighter than air. Don't know where I'm going. My heart doesn't care. I'm swept by the feeling. I'm under your spell. Just look in my eyes.
They say I latched onto you. Like you was the last train leaving town. But you just kept on moving, boy. Left me here to live you down. . Momma said she'd send a wire.