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this heart is wheel, on a wide open road
with blue sky about me and good earth below
this heart is a province, shot through with roads
for all the places that i’m going
and all the places i let go
this heart is an island, in the still of the ocean, this heart is a ship on the wide open sea
this heart is a spark in the dark of the night and this heart is a shot ringing out in the street

i'm sick of wondering how far i’ve been running how long i’ve been staring it down
always new faces but the names of the places have this way they always make the same sound
and i guess i should have said goodbye, done the dishes, or locked the back door
but we’ve been down that road at least a hundred times before

another long weekend and we’ll put our stakes in from thursday til tuesday at dawn
light up the rides, shake the 20's and the 5's from the farm kids and then i’ll be gone
and i know that dallas has some room in his bed for someone lonely like me
but what good is a lover if it's one after another and it sure don’t seem no way to get free

following the fairgrounds
fifth wheels, dumauriers and dirty magazines
following the fairgrounds
fade into the background til i'm nowhere to be seen

midway lights shining brighter in august--the days getting shorter
gossip from girls sneaking smokes by the bleachers knows school's coming soon
edge of town drinking lukewarm drummonds from a styrofoam cooler
lay on my back wonderin' if he's watching the same harvest moon...

i'm sick of wonderin' how far i've been running
how long i've been staring it down
can’t pass a payphone without thinking of home
without thinking about turning around

following the fairgrounds
never long enough you ever need to say goodbye
following the fairgrounds
i guess i just keep running til i bleed the tank dry

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from Who Knows How It Happens At All, released March 24, 2016

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prairie folk don't listen to mermaid tales or sailors' warnings

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