1000 Miles from Tennessee

I drove out west to see how it would feel without you
I found the answer in every backroad dive
1000 miles from Tennessee, I remembered what you said to me
And I knew if I kept on driving, I'd be fine

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Sticks and stones, nothing but a lie
I said I'd love you forever and we both know I tried
Now there's nothing anyone can do for us but drive
Out of the valley and over the Great Divide
There's an open sign at the Santa Fe Trail Diner
And an empty phone booth out there by the door
But I won't dial your line again cuz it's always you on the other end
And I've heard everything you have to say before

Chorus

The moon is the color of the stripe down the middle of the highway
The road is a river of white by a river of red
1000 miles from Tennessee, I'm forgetting what you meant to me
In the miles of westbound interstate ahead

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