200 more miles

Ryan Adams

Atlanta s a distant memory
Montgomery a recent birth
and Tulsa burns on the desert floor
like a signal fire

I got Willie on the radio
a dozen things on my mind
and number one is fleshing out
these dreams of mine

I ve got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
before I sleep
But there ll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
to fall into tonight

In Nashville there is a lighter
in a case for all to see
it speaks of dreams and heartaches
left unsung

And in the corner stands a guitar and
lonesome words scrawled in a drunken hand
I don t travel past, travel hard before
and I m beginning to understand

That I ve got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
before I sleep
But there ll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
to fall into tonight

They say that I am crazy
my life wasting on this road
that time will find my dreams
scared or dead and cold

But I heard there is a light
drawing me to reach an end
and when I reach there, I ll turn back
and you and I can begin again

I ve got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
before I sleep
But there ll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
to fall into tonight

I ve got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
before I sleep
But I wouldn t trade all your golden tomorrows
for one hour of this night

Atlanta s a distant memory
Montgomery a recent birth
and Tulsa burns on the desert floor
like a signal fire