Testo di 8980

The flag was torn in a Tuesday tug-of-war I was standing there in tatters when the carnie took the floor Left my cellphone for a suitcase Checked the pockets for a clue There was an atlas It reminded me of you Chinese dragon inches toward the boarding gate Found my seat and told a joke to break the ice but it broke too late The punchline shattered on the carpet All our faces turned to shale Up the Hudson for a furlough to the rail 8980 on an overnight train Crawling back toward the national pain I'm a city boy swimming in the Laramie plain Looking for something What it is? I just wanna talk to you I just wanna talk to you I just wanna talk to you Smoke break breathing North Dakota in the snow Is difference only distance from the people I don’t know? ‘Cause here I am with strangers Singing four-part harmony Of a pasture undivided to the sea 8980 on an overnight train Crawling back toward the national pain I'm a city boy swimming in the Laramie plain Looking for something What it is? I just wanna talk to you I just wanna talk to you I just wanna talk to you Last light sinking in an unfamiliar bed Crooked shoulder crooked conversation Running through my head Gonna count the trees and taillights ‘Till the hour I'm left to dream Of that pasture undivided to the sea Undivided to the sea