69 Reasons

69 REASONS
Wall clouds are building over your hometown
The streets are all empty everybody’s hunkered down
As I stare into the rearview at the glowing lights I leave behind
And I settle in behind the wheel for a long and lonely ride
I was raised in the oil patch grew up longing for the hills
Til they sent me off to college to escape the rigs and fields
Wasn’t long til I’d become a real fine company man
But I was struttin’ into Houston on somebody else’s plan
I got 69 reasons to say goodbye
Mother Sangre de Cristo’s got her arms open wide
The blood I spilled in Texas stains the road behind, goodbye
Twilight finally finds me as it paints the desert sky
I pull into the station wipe the fear from my eyes
I knew I’d never hurt you so I didn’t understand why you were scared
But when you told me it was over it was more than my wounded heart could bear
Runnin’ from the present got to get away fast
Runnin’ from the future hoping that I’ll find my past
Somewhere in the distance not far beyond that open plain
Your wounds are gonna heal darlin but mine will always remain
I got 69 reasons to say goodbye
Mother Sangre de Cristo’s got her arms open wide
My heart might be broken but my soul is still alive, goodbye