Hearsay

In the middle of this empty land
There's something I'm trying to understand
It's like I'm waiting for something or someone
To point me in the right direction
How long can I stay in this town
Who'd want to stick around anyway
At least that's what I've heard them say.

I dreamed a face in a golden frame.
When I think of her, I don’t feel the same.
Gotta leave this place where I was born;
It’s a pair of boots that are too worn.
All I gotta do is leave this town.
Nobody wants me around anyway
At least that’s what I’ve heard them say.

I couldn’t take a plane, so I took the bus;
See a whole lot more with a lot less fuss;
Sat by a woman with nonstop talking.
Before the bus left, I started walking.
All I gotta do is leave this town
Nobody here wants me around anyway.
At least that’s what I’ve heard them say.

Standing out by the side of the road,
So excited I thought I’d explode,
Thinking ‘bout the face and my destiny
But my situation won't let me be free.
Prairie roads were dead for miles around.
No one’s coming through this town anyway.
Why anyone should, I can’t say.

When the stars came out, I went back to town
Feeling dejected, just like a clown.
And then I saw her face at the bus stop.
And right there, my heart hopped.
She said, “I’m just passing through this town.
Don’t know if I’ll hang around anyway.
It just depends on what you say.”

There’s the birds and the bees and a wedding in June,
Nowhere to go on our honeymoon.
Spent every day and night in bed.
Just let ‘em talk, go right ahead.
Never gonna leave this town.
Just needed to settle down anyway.
At least that’s what I’ve heard them say.


[INTRO & TURNAROUND: D A E]
(E) Somewhere out in this (B) mighty land
There’s a (E) lonely girl stretching (B) out her hand
(E) Waiting for some-(B)-thing or for some-(F#m) one
To (A) offer a direc-(B)-tion (E) home.
(C#m) All I (B) gotta (A) do is (B) leave this (F#m) town
No-(A)-body here (B) wants me a-(E)-round any-(A)-way.
At (F#m) least that’s what I’ve (B) heard them (E) say.

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