a Louisiana drummer Took all winter to get through the summer The fieldhand hit the switch and stumbled Outside the big engine roared and rumbled The stolen horse spooked and
in this town and I've come far to see them. Gonna track em' down. They live in a brick house painted white and brown. Left a tip for the maid and I packed
hide And she hides it so well Keeps broken dreams To fix up and sell Damaged by love (x2) So young, and damaged by love There's rain on the road And
flirting with time baby Flirting with time, but maybe, Time baby, is catching up with you. Shadowmen talk a real good game. Every punchline has your name. You cried out and
named Joe, where he gone to I don't know. Maybe down in Mexico, livin off of Pattie's door. If you give me half a chance, I will make her sing and dance
refusing to be crowned. Night driver drifting home again (x2) High tide rumbles, pch My tires losing track Helicopter circling, wiping overhead Now I sit and count the days and
cities Fading by degrees Not believing all I see to be so I'm flyin' over backyards Country homes and ranches Watching life between the branches below And
here. Tried so hard to stand alone. Struggled to see past my nose. Always had more dogs than bones. I could never wear those clothes. It's a dark victory. You won and
again Safe from the night She stood on the shore and she waved to me: "Come back home" Many a-night I would think of her All alone Chorus: And it's
know a soul on the street I keep to myself like everyone else Nobody says much to me Go to bed, fight thoughts in my head In the two in between wake and
take the dare Above the lonely feather circles to the ground The house don't make a sound Turn this car around (x2) I'm goin back Green and gray and
I'll give you all I have And a little more Sleep late down south Look up my former mentors Live off yankee winters Be a landlord and a renter Create