The Porter Draw — Athens lyrics

Lyrics

You told everything would be better out of Athens, so I quit my job and hitch
hiked half the way.
We met up in Seattle but our dreams turned in to ashes, sorry things ended up
that way.
Now the rolling hills and badlands, and golden plains of Kansas seem to ease my
mind cause I’d have
liked to stayed
But the sun sinks down behind me and with the city lights that I see,
now I understand that there was no
other way.
And I’m leaving you this number, and it’s seven fifty, Mountain Standard Time.
Cause I just pulled into Denver on a train they call the Zephyr.
I’ll be here four an hour the bus loads up at nine.
The memories and music that we made inside our bedroom keep playin like a rerun
after dark.
And words you whispered softly on our downtown rooftop balcony send a shiver
when think of what it
cost.
And after seventeen long months of drinking our self-loathing, seemed the best
thing left to do was run
away
And the dream of sewing patches on our faded denim courtship has left me
tattered and feeling rather
frayed
Cause I’m leaving you this number, and its 6 p.m. here central standard time
Cause I just pulled in from
Tulsa on a greyhound bound for Georgia
I’ll be here for an hour, This is my last dime.
The Mississippi’s wide and the Chattahoochee’s muddy, and I’m starting to
believe that I am home.
But I still miss you desperately and want you to be next to me but I still
can’t seem to reach you on the
phone
With the road out in the distance and the painful hour of patience gets me
wishin I was lying in your bed
But the chirping of the crickets and the smell of Diesel engines keeps me
focused on going home instead
And I can’t leave you any number and it’s one A.M. there Pacific Standard time
Cause I just hitchhiked to Athens and all the way from east Atlanta
I think now I am over- you this is my last time.