I guess, you had to be there, she said, "You had to be" She handed me a yellowed photograph and then said "See, this was my greatest love, my one and
(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 Taking
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'
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 From
(Matraca Berg/Jim Photoglo/Harry Stinson) You turn around Then you ask me behind tears of doubt Just what do I see in you Please don't cry I know sometimes
Oh no, here we go, and there you go again, When we disagree, you leave when you don't win Honey, your sidewalk baby talk don't get it with me no more
Well, I like to walk my dog in the middle of the night You can hear us howling in the silvery light Of the lamp post in the alley, dancing in the rain
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
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
Sweet Abilena looked out at the Midwestern sky Sweet seventeen with a far away look in her eyes She said "I feel like a bird in a cage but come September
At nine o'clock each morning down on Charlotte Avenue The bus driver stops and lets her off Before the first shampoo Alice started working there when
He came into town in the early springtime To work with my daddy down in the mines It was hot in the summer when he said goodbye And he left me a secret
I can't eat, I can't sleep, I got nubs where my fingernails used to be And my cat is lookin' kinda worried 'bout me. The phone rings and I pounce I'm
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
I hear an echo through the aching distance I know your injured voice You stand behind this wall of ice between us I guess you had no choice You had to
The world is waiting in the drive, another day begins We wake up barely half alive, here we go again We pay our bills and we don't complain We just drive
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
Spent my life looking for Happiness like it was buried treasure Somewhere behind the secret door Surely there were riches beyond measure I would take
