Tonart: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Once a week I make the drive,
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two hours east
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To check the Austin post office box
And I make the detour through
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our old neighborhood
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See all the Chevy Impalas in their
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front yards up on blocks
Verse 2
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And I read through the postcards
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you continue to send
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Where as indirectly as you can,
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you ask what I remember
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I like these torture devices
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from my old best friend
Verse 3
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Well, I'll tell you what I know,
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like I swore I always would
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I don't think it's gonna do you any good
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I remember the train headed
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south out of Bangkok
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Down toward the water
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Verse 4
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I always get a late start
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when the sun's going down
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And the traffic's thinning out
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and the glare is hard to take
I wish the West Texas Highway
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I could ride it out forever
Verse 5
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When I feel my heart break, I almost swear I hear it happen,
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in fact, clean and not hard
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I come in off the highway and
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I park in my front yard
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Fall out of the car like a
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start wishing it would rain
Verse 6
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And I remember the train headed
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south out of Bangkok
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Down toward the water
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Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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put on a pot of coffee
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Walk the floors a little while
I set your postcard on the table
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with all the others like it
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I start sorting through the pile
Verse 8
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I check the pictures and the postmarks
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and the captions and the stamps
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For signs of any pattern at all
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When I come up empty-handed the
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the feeling almost overwhelms me
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I let a few of my defenses fall
Verse 9
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And I smile a bitter smile
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It's not a pretty thing to see
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I think about a railroad platform
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Back in 1983 And I remember the train
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headed south out of Bangkok
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Down, down toward the wa
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Outro 1
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