Before all of this ever went down In another place, another town You were just a face in the crowd You were just a face in the crowd Out in the street
Well if he don't wanna talk leave him alone If he don't wanna talk leave him alone He's a self-made man, he did it on his own Now some folks say there
I'm for standin' up, I'm for breakin' free I don't want fate handed down onto me Yeah, I'm for movin' on, try another town Time ain't changin' nothin',
We gotta get to a higher place And we gotta leave by night Before that river takes us down We gotta find some place that's dry We gotta run like we've
She laughed in my face, told me good-bye Said "Don't think about it, you can go crazy Anything can happen, anything can end Don't try to fight it, don
I remember her standing In the tall grass and cat tails Away from the windows At the end of the day Watching the men from the landing In the tall hats
Rickey and Dickey Standin' in the sun Out there on that highway And the dog wouldn't run Rickey rolled a number Dickey raised the hood Time we hit Daytona
You speak to me in natural harmony Like we both grew up with nothin' And I can't believe my own memory But it one day could be coming And I don't even
Your daddy was a Sgt. Major You didn't wanna but he made you Wipe his brass from time to time It left a picture in your mind You know, you know You want
I know you're walkin' down a lonely street I know you can't get out of the heat Baby, it's alright, don't have a wasted life I know you have to feel
Well, it can get you in the back, boy Or you can lie around in roses Or maybe walk around wonderin' You know, goin' through the motions Hey, ain't love
Goodnight baby, sleep tight my love May God watch over you from above Tomorrow I'm workin' what would I do I'd be lost and lonely if not for you So close
I dreamed you, I saw your face Caught my lifeline when drifting through space I saw an angel, I saw my fate I can only thank God it was not too late
Well, she was an American girl Raised on promises She couldn't help thinkin' That there was a little more to life somewhere else After all it was a great
I'm not much on mystery Yeah you gotta be careful what you dream I thought this might pass with time Yeah I thought I was satisfied But oh baby let me
Well, they raised that horse to be a jumper He was owned by a mid-west bible thumper His preacher was a Louisiana drummer Took all winter to get through
Some friends of mine and me stayed up all through the night Rockin' pretty steady till the sky went light And I didn't go to bed, didn't go to work I
