Rocky Mountain Time Lyrics by John Prine

Rocky Mountain Time Lyrics

    The station was empty
    The trains were all gone
    I reached in my pocket
    And i wanted for dawn

    Chorus:
    The clock played drums
    And i hummed the sax
    And the wind whistled down
    The railroad tracks
    Hey three for a quarter
    One for a dime
    I'll bet it's tomorrow
    By rocky mountain time

    I walked in the restaurant
    For something to do
    The waitress yelled at me
    And so did the food
    And the water taste funny
    When you're far from your home
    But it's only the thirsty
    That hunger to roam

    (repeat chorus)

    We'll build us a castle on main street
    And pretend that we're down on the farm
    Hell, we'll hold out as long as we have to
    Then we'll twist off each other's arm

    Christ i'm so mixed up and lonely
    I can't even make friends with my brain
    I'm too young to be where i'm going
    But i'm too old to go back again

    (repeat first verse and chorus)

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