E
I love crossing the Mississippi River
A E
She runs so wide and deep
E B
The sun winks down between the spans at me
E
The tugboats sing down low and deep
A E
Beneath the pop of the pavement breaks
E B
I enter an old West Memphis reverie
E
I can see me flying down I-40
A E
As the camera pulls away
B
And the music swells with possibility
E
Maybe I'm just hoping
A E
As I wake up from my dreams
E B
Or maybe I just watch too much TV
A
But now I'm bound for Colorado
E
And I'm living out in my car
E
I went out to find myself
F# B
Underneath the western stars
A
I ain't going back to Nashville
E A
All alone, where no one cares
E B E
Now it's a long way home from anywhere
E
Steam is pumping smoke and money (?)
A E
But that ain't no life for me
E B
I'll never make another day's living with my hands
E A E
But the big trucks roll and maybe they go back to Tennessee
E B
Tell my Daddy that I've done the best I can
A
But now I'm bound for Colorado
E
And I'm living out in my car
E
I went out to find myself
F# B
And I found myself in a bar
A
I ain't going back to Nashville
E A
All alone, where no one cares
E B A E
Now it's a long way home from anywhere
SOLO
E
Now one day I drink whiskey
A E
And another day I get stoned
E B
And I tell my lies to guys down on the street
E
Some days I start driving
A E
Till I just can't go no more
E B
Then I stop and let some guy tell lies to me
A
But now I'm bound for Colorado
E
And I'm living out in my car
E
I went out to find myself
F# B
And I found myself in a bar
A
I ain't going back to Nashville
E A
All alone, where no one cares
E B E
Now it's a long way home from anywhere
From Bruce Robison "Long Way Home From Anywhere"
Lucky Dog Records 1999
Tiltawhirl Music(BMI)
Brad Fordham bass
Conrad Choucroun drums
Chris Searles drums
Dan Dugmore steel guitar
Pat Buchanan guitar
David Grissom guitar
Rich Brotherton acoustic guitar