Eldorado Blue

Eighteen, commencement day, friends moved off, but she stayed in Eldorado
And married the boy next door
Worked first shift by the interstate, selling hot coffee and giving out change for the payphone
Never needed too much more
And everyday someone would ask why don't you leave this all behind
She'd look up, just kind of laugh and say 'don't you think it's crossed my mind'

But there ain't nobody waiting down in Arkansas
And I don't know no one in old Baton Rouge
Ain't no way I'm going down to Wichita
And leaving Eldorado blue

Harvest moon, the radio,shooting stars on a gravel road
Miles from nowhere
It don't get no better than that
City lights... burn bright, they pull you in, blind your eyes
To what matters
You won't catch me in none of that
And this old town shuts on down with the setting of the sun
The life I lead's the one for me, but it ain't for everyone

And there ain't nobody waiting down in Arkansas
And I don't know no one in old Baton Rouge
Ain't no way I'm going down to Wichita
And leaving Eldorado blue

And there ain't nobody waiting down in Arkansas
And I don't know no one in old Baton Rouge
Ain't no way I'm going down to Wichita
And leaving Eldorado blue

And leaving Eldorado blue