"Earthbound"
--Rodney Crowell

I could shed my skin and in the blink of an eye I could fly
Tie my dreams up in a sack, lay my head down on the track and die
My life's been so sweet I just can't stand it
I must admit I've made out like a bandit

Last night's conversation with a real good friend of mine drinking wine
Said fifty years of living and your worst mistakes forgiven takes time
One man's lust for life brings world reknown
Next guy can't get two feet off the ground
Earthbound

Earthbound, hear the wind through the tops of the trees
Earthbound, summer sun nearly ninety degrees
Earthbound, big old moon sinking down
Think I might stick around, earthbound

I knew love once way back when, she had almond eyes and olive skin and long black hair
She was Irish Spanish mixbreed, I was southeast Texas hayseed, we were almost there
Her daddy didn't like my kind around
True love took the next train out of town
Earthbound

Earthbound, where there's fathers and daughters in pain
Earthbound, mama's boy walking home in the rain
Earthbound, like a ship run aground
Think I might stick around, earthbound

With each new day that passes I'm in need of thicker glasses but it's all okay
Someday I'll be leaving but I just can't help believing that it's not today
Every golden moment I have found
I've done my best to run right in the ground
Earthbound

Earthbound, see the sky big and beautiful blue
Earthbound, fallen angels are talking to you
Earthbound, keeping close to the ground
Think I might stick around, earthbound

Earthbound, Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Mary Karr
Earthbound, Walter Cronkite, Seamus Heaney, Ringo Starr
Dalai Lama, Charlie Brown
Think I might stick around
Earthbound


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