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I'm catchin' this south bound train
I've had enough of the pouring rain
Chilled to the bone, I have to go

Love was never a friend of mine
The only friend that I have is time
It's down the track, ain't lookin' back

Mexico, O Mexico
I long to see your border town
Mexico, O Mexico
Adios mi corazon

The cars are clickin' the night along
But all I hear is a heartbreak song
Haunting me, relentlessly

Come the morning and I will stand
On the banks of the Rio Grande
A brand new day, wash these tears away

Mexico, O Mexico
I long to see your border town
Mexico, O Mexico
Adios mi corazon

There's nothin' like the feel
Of the steel against the steel
And you can't forget the crying of the rail
There's nothin' like the sight
Of a moonlite desert night
To heal a broken heart that was so frail

Mexico, O Mexico
I long to see your border town
Mexico, O Mexico
Adios mi corazon

Mama told her baby girl take it real slow
Girl told her momma hey I really gotta go
He's waiting in the car
Mama said girl you won't get far
Thus are the dreams of an average Jane
Ninety miles an hour down a lovers lane
On a tank of dreams
Oh if she could've only seen
That fate's got cards that it don't want to show, and

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That boy's just a walkaway Joe
Born to be a leaver tell you from the word go
Destined to deceive her
He's the wrong kind of paradise
She's gonna know it in a matter of time
That boy's just a walkaway Joe

Now just a little while into Abilene
He pulls into a station and he robs it clean
She's waiting in the car, oh, underneath the Texaco star
She only wanted love didn't bargain for this
She can't help but love him for the way he his
She's only seventeen and there ain't no reasoning
So she'll ride this ride as far as it can go, 'cause

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Somewhere in a roadside motel room
Alone in the silence she wakes up too soon
And reaches for his arms
But she'll just keep reaching on
For the cold hard truth revealed what it had known

That boy's just a walk away Joe
Born to be a leaver tell you from the word go
Destined to deceive her
He's the wrong kind of paradise
But it was just another lesson in life
That boy was a walkaway Joe

Mmm yeah,
All he was was a walkaway Joe
Oh,
(Walkaway Joe)
He was a walkaway Joe
Mmm

I'm not quite sure what's going on
But all day through, and all night long
I've been thinkin' about you
I've been thinkin' about you

The look in your eyes
When you smile that way
The sound of your voice
Saying my name
I've been thinking about you
Just keep thinking about you

This single minded fascination I've got
Do you call it love
If you don't then what
All I know is I don't know what you've done
And this train of thought ain't about to jump
The track that it's on

In the back of my mind
There's a secret place
But the whole world knows by the smile on my face
That I've been thinkin' about you
Can't stop thinkin' about you

Think about you

This single minded fascination I've got
Do you call it love
Well if you don't then what
All I know is I don't know what you've done
And this train of thought ain't about to jump
The track that it's on

I know it's crazy
Calling you this late
When the only thing I wanted to say
Is I've been thinkin' about you
Yeah, just keep thinkin' about you
Oh, I can't stop thinkin' about you
Oh, I'm always thinkin' about you
And I do love thinkin' about you
Yeah

I was born the restless kind
Settlin' down never crossed my mind
Wild and woolly, well I guess that's me
People sure get nervous when a woman's free
I can hold my tongue, I can hold my wine
I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind

Well I've seen the country and I've been to town
Rode in limousines with the tops rolled down
Walked down the road where the rivers freeze
Whatever it takes I do what I please
I can hold my horses, I can hold the line
I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind

I was born the restless kind
And I never assume what I'm gonna find
I can stand my ground, I can slip through a crack
Just as sure as I leave, honey I'll be back
I can hold my temper, I can bide my time
I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind

I can hold my temper, I can bide my time
I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind

Sometimes you wonder
How much I care
I get so distracted, running nowhere
And I take for granted
Our love is secure
But if I started losing you
One thing is sure

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I'd be down on my knees
Ready to pray
Darlin' down on my knees
Making you stay
I'd be beggin' you please
Don't take your love from me
I'd be down on my knees

I learned to be strong
A long time ago
And I can face any wind, no matter how hard it blows
But I'd have to be stronger, than I want to be
If I had to live without, you loving me

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No one matters more in my life
Oh, makes me feel like you make me feel inside
I've come far enough to know love's
Worth never letting go of
And love is not a matter of pride

I'd be down on my knees
Ready to pray
Darlin' down on my knees
Whatever it takes
I'd be beggin' and pleadin' with you
Don't take your love from me
I'd be down on my knees

You think you got me wrapped around your finger
You treat me like my mama raised a fool
But I'll tell you how you'll feel
When you hear my tires squeal
And I'm gone with somebody new
It's gonna be oh lonesome you
Moaning those all-night blues
Maybe you'll see what it's like to be me
When it's oh lonesome you
My pride is gettin sore from being stepped on
My heart is weak from swimming through the tears
But my two feet are strong and it won't take 'em long
Just to walk on out of here
Then it'll be oh lonesome you
Moaning those all-night blues
Maybe you'll see what it's like to be me
When it's oh lonesome you
It's gonna be oh lonesome you
Moaning those all-night blues
Maybe you'll see what it's like to be me
When it's oh lonesome you

For reasons I've forgotten now
We brought love to an end
Ain't it funny how the little things
Seemed so big back then

Damn the pride that makes me want
To break instead of bend
For reasons I've forgotten now
I lost my one true friend

It's lonely tonight
Lookin' back on yesterday
Seein' the fool I was
Feelin' the price I've paid

And the crazy thing about it is
I don't even remember
Who was right
Who was wrong

For reasons I've forgotten now
We brought love to an end
Ain't it funny how the little things
Seemed so big back then

Damn the pride that makes me want
To break instead of bend
For reasons I've forgotten now
I lost my one true friend

For reasons I've forgotten now
We brought love to an end
Ain't it funny how the little things
Seemed so big back then

Damn the pride that makes me want
To break instead of bend
For reasons I've forgotten now
I lost my one true friend

You make me promises that you don't keep
Tears are expensive, honey, words are cheap
You tell me one thing then do something else
And even though I know that all too well

I keep forgiving
I keep forgetting
I keep expecting you to change

You say you will
You say you will
You say you will
But you never do

Love doesn't come with any guarantee
It's give and take a little, that's the key
So I give you every little thing you choose
An you give me back a stack of I.O.U.'s

There seems to be a pattern here
How can I tell if you're sincere

You say you will
You say you will
You say you will
But you never do

You say you will
You say you will
You say you will
But you never do

On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer
And once on a street in New York City
With the jazz and the sin in the air
And once on a cold L.A. freeway
Going nowhere
And it's strange, but it's true
I was sure it was you
Just a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud

In a church in downtown New Orleans
I got down on my knees and prayed
And I wept in the arms of Jesus
For the choice you made
We were just gettin' to the good part
Just gettin' past the mystery
Oh, and it's just like you, it's just like you
To disagree
And it's strange but it's true
You just slipped out of view
Like a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud

And you chase me like a shadow
And you haunt me like a ghost
And I hate you some, and I love you some
But I miss you most

On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer

Come on baby, let's get out of this town
I got a full tank of gas
With the top rolled down
There's a chill in my bones
I don't want to be left alone
So baby you can sleep while I drive

I'll pack my bag and load up my guitar
In my pocket I'll carry my harp
I got some money I saved, enough to get underway
And baby you can sleep while I drive

We'll go through Tucson up to Santa Fe
And Barbara in Nashville says we're welcome to stay
I'll buy you boots down in Texas, a hat from New Orleans
And in the morning you can tell me your dreams
You know I've seen it before
This mist that covers your eyes
You've been looking for something that's not in your life
My intentions are true, won't you take me with you
And baby you can sleep while I drive

Oh is it other arms you want to hold you
The stranger, the lover, you're free
Can't you get that with me
Come on baby let's get out of this town
I've got a full tank of gas
With the top rolled down
If you won't take me with you
I'll go before night is through
And baby you can sleep while I drive