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Homecoming '63 I was so proud you went with me Everyone turned their head when we walked in They said look at that perfect pair as you blushed from all
It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears That I was born in North
Ship ahoi, ship ahoi, ship ahoi, ship ahoi Ship ahoi, ship ahoi, ship ahoi, ship ahoi Ship ahoi, ship ahoi, ship ahoi, ship ahoi (Ship ahoi) In the motion
While driving down the last four miles of gravel road to home All the old familiar landmarks seem like long lost friends And as he pulls in to the ranch
In two, alone he'll forget the time Burn money to ashes, be drunken with wine A fool, not knowing his left from right He's losing direction his home within
I guess I should have written Dad to let you know that I was coming home But I've been gone so many years I didn't realize you had a phone I saw your
Almost heaven West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River Life is old there older than the trees Younger than the mountains blowin' like a breeze
City sun goes down at night Making way for neon lights Country boy is lookin at the moon City girl is dressed just right She may stay out late tonight
When it comes and you get the very shudder And maybe you were not so much being like the other So get in line you're losing time Don't burn golden eagles
Get ready for the judge in me It's coming over, get on your feet All my goodness is all I got for you Have I shown you lately what my clan can do? I own
Remember that summer down by the shoreline I still can hear those old forgotten songs And we made promises to last forever I just can't believe those
Stone the crows if you've done it again If I've told you once, told you a thousand times Sometimes I am so convinced We're casting pearl amongst the swine
Red angels dance on lips As my mother burns for your sadistic trips I can turn the vision away But the image persists it won't go away You preach like
Where in the hell can you go Far from the things that you know Far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way About a 1,000 miles a day?
Lately I've been walking all alone Through the wind and through the rain Been walking through the streets and finding sweet relief In knowing that it
I swear I know your face, I wish I knew your name I wish I could take you by the hand If I could name it, if I could just explain it If I could only help