Anita, why ya gotta be in Providence tonight, Providence tonight
Anita, why ya gotta be away
Anita baby, there is something I gotta say
when I met you I felt a love that could never fade away
tonight I was hopin' to get you all alone
but now you're miles and miles away
an

There's a little country pocket
Where we'll spend most of the rest of our lives
We'll raise a little family
Wipe the tears from our children's eyes
And we'll write little notes for posterity
That no eyes shall look upon
Save you and me
That lazy sun is drifting
It

Though my heart may bid you well
My sober throat is dry of sound
And from my hands you slipped away
Behind my eyes you'll always stay
As the stars fill the sky
You're on your horse, you're on your line
Jump from the moon and land on mars
But it ain't that far
Mayb

I woke up this morning, and never felt so much pain
All the little sympathies have gone away again
I kept on tellin' myself I'll never love you more
But then I went and found you with the ghosts who live next door
And the first time that I saw you, we were standing in line
An

Tell me, can't you tell how my heart does swell
I've been dreaming of you all night long
But no word my heart sings does justice to these things
And it's hard to write a love song
I've been carving your name in empty picture frames
While this fire in my chest slowly burns

My grandmother said to me
When your lamp is burning low, that's all she wrote
Ain't no need to shed a tear
If you throw a couple stones
Up on a freight train passing through
Ain't no telling what kinda sights they may see
We got right now to get right now, honey
We go

Tear down the stage that I grew up on
I won't be here in another year, I'll be traveling on my own
Take all the oil, the gasoline and gold
And feed it to my dreams, the last things I really own
If I could go back in time and wipe the slate clean
I wouldn't listen to my teache

I am an old man from out in spokane
Feels like I was born with these stripes upon my shoulders
I've been waiting for that hour in dayton
Where I will feel that sun so hot
And I'll let that freedom burn
Now I'm in that city, and it ain't so pretty
I'm feelin' dizzy from th

When I came along to find a little peace of mind
Neglectin' all my duties, steppin' off that straightened line
Now I just sit by my front door filled with indolence and sound
It's like I'm watchin' the weeds grow on my brow
And I had a pure potential in a soiled white shirt
W