cadillac mountain

Sun's coming up over Cadillac Mountain
It's another night that I got no sleep
The very first ray hit me right between the eyes
It gave me the feeling I had somewhere else to be.
I got your last letter just before I left home
About all those crazy things that you did
But I wish you hadn't mentioned that girl from Georgia
Who kept telling you how much you look like Billy the Kid
'Cause I've been feeling like nobody's true anymore
And I'd hate to have those suspicions confirmed
There's not much left that I believe in,
And even those things are right on the verge.
But I'm nothing else if I'm not honest
And when you left town, things started changing soon
Since the last time I saw you, I've learned how it feels
To be the only unarmed person in a room.

Sun's coming up over Cadillac Mountain
But it's still dark everywhere else
And I used to be a lot easier to live with
Before I realized just how bad I felt
My bed is at home and that's where I'm going
I just wish someone were waiting in it for me
Someone whose heart would sink in his chest
If I didn't make it back to him safely
We went forty-nine days without any rain
The grass is brown and it's long gone to seed
I've been without your love for so long now
And the time's been growing up around me like a weed
I don't see much difference in the air up on the mountain
It's a little bit thinner, a little bit harder to breathe
And something about the view made me think of you
And now I think it's time for me to leave.

Sun's coming up over Cadillac Mountain
This will be my last letter for a while
It's getting harder to keep repeating this story
It's starting to feel like I'm always up on trial
I heard what happened from one of our old friends
I guess that horse really took you for a ride
Seems that business is taking its toll on you
You know who to call when you finally change your mind
But I understand why you haven't so far
The whole point is to hang on for your own dear life
I think maybe it's like climbing up on this mountain
And just laughing at the urge to jump off of its side
But when it comes to you and me, it's a different story
You hold the trigger, and I'm under the gun
But I'm no rider and there's no glory
When you can hide but you just can't run