Am C/B C F  C F C Am C G

        Am  C/B  C          F        C  
well i left my baby for a dream as lovely, 
        F           C       Am  C  G
for a love that's only in books i read. 

           Am  C/B  C             F      C
and then i hit the cities, spent all my money,
        F        C             Am C  G 
i just left my whole life in a taxi cab. 

            Am C/B C               F      C
cause it's just a memory, i can't love completely, 
             F      C            Am C  G
when you're really with me, i'm indifferent.

       C                  Caug 
but i try to get my head clear,
                   F *                        G        ( F )
it's too full of ideas that i haven't thought of yet. 

      C                             Caug
and time, clocks keep waving their hands,
                    F *                 G          
doing all that they can to get our attention, but

 
 F *           G            C   C/B    Am        
the days fly away down a clean interstate 
                 G
and i'm staring drunk at a map. 


Am C/B C F  C F C Am C G

      Am C/B C                 F      C
so i let my hair down for the second time now, 
         F      C          Am C  G 
for the final time, now i had my fun. 

            Am C/B C                 F      C
but there's no returning from the places we've been, 
         F      C          Am C  G
just repeat our slogan, never again. 

        C                       Caug
so we split, said you had to get out, 
                    F *                        G        ( F )
headed back to the south, where everything is gentle. 

       C                        Caug
and i stayed for a couple weeks more,
                  F *                       G
all the weather reports said it would be snow for sure,

        F            G           C   C/B   Am 
but the storm moved away to a neighboring state.
     G
i started the car.