Hopinā I might fly away anew
Cause theyāll love you when youāre wrong
And then leave you when youāre right
Tell me baby, whatās a boy to do?
Well I came to town a stranger, not knowinā how to act
Figured Iād hang out and just get found.
Made me some new friends
They climbed way up on my back
Been gone so long they aināt cominā down
You can kiss the sky good morning
You can say your prayers at night
Hide your soul way down in your shoes,
But itās the same old scene
Borrowed love and faded dreams
And you just canāt hide from those Arkansas Blues.
Well time is playinā tricks on me
Makes me thing Iām movinā fast
I donāt think Iām movinā at all
And every strangerās face I see reminds me of the past
Come on big and leave you feelinā small
So I took to drinkinā liquor on the other side of town
Way up in those woods beside the moon
Where every graceful dream I had got lost without a sound
Tell you what, I canāt leave this place too soon.
And it donāt take no rhyme or reason
It donāt make no sense at all
Just one of those things that you donāt choose
Itās the same old thing
Broken hearts and busted strings
And you just canāt run from those Arkansas Blues.
Everybodyās asking questions about whose side are you on
I donāt see how it matters much to me
And all these midnight celebrations
That are ended by the dawn
Leave you feelinā low as you can be
So Iām leaving town this morning, gonna lighten up my load
See if I canāt lose what I have found
And itās one drink for the memories
And one kiss for the road
Look out, I believe Iām Texas bound
California, Oklahoma, Arizona, Tennessee
I been all around this land to pay my dues
High, low, and right behind me
Wherever I go they find me
And I just canāt run from the Arkansas Blues.