3,000 Miles Lyrics - Singles - Ellis Paul

My name is robert wilson, 

I'm from eau claire, wisconsin. 

I've been living out of a 

Suitcase now for fourteen days... 

I walked the boulevard in hollywood, 

I caught a vegas show that was no good -- 

Met a dancer there that starred in a broadway play. 

But it's a lonely world from this greyhound, 

Believe me, I've been here fourteen days. 

Three thousand miles, 

I've been here fourteen days, 

Three thousand miles... 

Now twenty-one is as good a guess as any age that I'd confess to, 

Let's just say I'm old enough to get away. 

Back in school, I found the only written truth 

On bathroom stalls and telephone booths. 

I studied awhile, but college got in my way. 

I've learned much more from the back of this greyhound, 

Believe me, I've been here fourteen days. 

Three thousand miles, 

I've come a long, long way, 

Three thousand miles... 

Have you seen? 

The world outside is turning -- 

And it's yours -- 

We were put here for the learning. 

People talk to themselves on greyhounds, 

Even the driver strains to hear 

They tell the same forgotten story -- 

Will it fall on forgetful ears? 

Down in houston on comes this woman 

With two kids and a bottle of booze, 

And she cracked them both like match heads 

Whenever they ventured too close to her fuse. 

And I sat with a girl from boston, 

Playing cards for cigarettes. 

I lost her name with the poker game, 

But her name I will never forget -- 

You never forget the view from these windows, 

Believe me, I've been here fourteen days... 

Three thousand miles, 

I've come a long, long way, 

Three thousand miles...