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Arkansas Blues (Alone Together Sessions)
Hayes Carll
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Well, I hide behind my guitar like a sparrow in the night
Just hopin' I might fly away anew
'Cause they'll love you when you're wrong
And then leave you when you're right
Ah, tell me, babe, what's a boy to do?
Well, I came to town a stranger, not knowin' how to act
Yeah, figured I'd hang out and just get found
But I made me some new friends
They climbed way up on my back
They been gone so long, they ain't comin' down
You can kiss the sky good morning
You can say your prayers at night
Hide your soul way down in your shoes
But it's the same old thing
Broken heart and busted strings
And I just can't run from those Arkansas blues
Well, time is playin' tricks on me
Makes me think I'm movin' fast
Yeah, but I don't think I'm movin' at all
And every stranger's face I see reminds me of the past
Hey, come on big and leave you feelin' small
So, I took to drinkin' liquor on the other side of town
Way up in those woods beside the moon
Where every graceful dream I had got lost without a sound
Yeah, I tell you what, I can't leave this place too soon
It don't take no rhyme or reason
It don't make no sense at all
It's just one of those things that you don't choose
But it's the same old scene
Borrowed love and faded dreams
And you just can't run from those Arkansas blues
Everybody's askin' questions about whose side are you on
Yeah, I don't see how it matters much to me
And all these midnight celebrations
That are ended by the dawn
Well, they leave you feelin' low as you can be
So, I'm leaving town this morning, I'm gonna lighten up my load
And see if I can't lose what I have found
And it's one drink for the memories
And one kiss for the road
I'll look out, I believe I'm Texas bound
Oh, California, Oklahoma, Arizona, Tennessee
I've been all around these land to pay my dues
High, low, and right behind me
Wherever I go they find me
And I just can't run from the Arkansas blues
And no, I just can't run from the Arkansas blues
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