Friday, December 30, 2005

stuck in my head

This song is stuck in my head from the drive up here (to Dallas). If you want to know the truth, I listened to it over and over and balled like a baby. But I'm hoping that if I write it out here, then it will get stuck in your head instead of mine. I'm listening to classic rock with the windows rolled down on the way home! Anyone ever seen this white girl car dance?

Long Ride Home
by Patty Griffin


Long black limousine
Shiniest car I've ever seen
The back seat is nice and clean
She rides as quiet as a dream

Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down
Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
With me riding in this car, and you flying through the clouds

I've had some time to think about you
And watch the sun set like a stone
I've had some time to think about you
On the long ride home

One day I took your tiny hand
Put your finger in the wedding band
Your daddy gave a piece of land
We laid ourselves the best of plans

Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed
Forty years of things you say you wish you'd never said
How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead
I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red

I've had some time to think about you
And watch the sun set like a stone
I've had some time to think about you
On the long ride home

Headlights staring at the driveway
The house is dark as it can be
I go inside and all is silent
It seems as empty as the inside of me

I've had some time to think about you
And watch the sun set like a stone
I've had some time to think about you
On the long ride home

listen to a sample of it here

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I dont know how you are gonna come to dallas and not call me. Seriously. Gosh. The Pain. *sad smile* Well, hopefully, if I start making ridiculous amounts of money with my new job, I can come see you... That is my hope and goal, to get to austin, somehow. I miss my ladies, and I could use a break from my wonderful husband.

7:13 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I just realized that I changed my phone number, so even if I did sucker you into feeling bad and calling me, you couldnt. :-) Lol, 817-680-6178

7:15 AM  
Blogger Bart said...

UM... Bethie might not want to post her cell phone number on the web like that. never know who sees it.

just a thought.

9:38 AM  
Blogger Vernon Bowen said...

As Josh and I like to say, "Ah! GREAT song." I'm all into Patty's first album right now - it's great too.

2:14 PM  

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