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Key: E major
Verse 1
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Once a week I make the drive,
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two hours east
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D

To check the Austin post office box
I make the detour through
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Esus4

our old neighborhood
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See all the Chevy Impalas in
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their front yards up on blocks
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And I park in an alley
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And I read through the postcards
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you continue to send
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Where as indirectly as you can,
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you ask what I remember
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I like these torture devices
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from my old best friend
Verse 2
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Bm

Well, I'll tell you what I know,
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Esus4

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like I swore I always would
I don't think it's gonna
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do you any good
Verse 3
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G
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And I remember the train headed
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G
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A
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south out of Bangkok down
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Toward the water
Verse 4
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I always get a late start when the
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Esus4

sun's going down
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The traffic's thinning out; the
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glare is hard to take
I wish the West Texas Highway was
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Esus4

a mobiles strip
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I could ride it out forever
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And when I feel my heart break
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I almost swear I hear it happen,
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it's that clear and that hard
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I come in off the highway and
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I park in my front yard
Verse 5
Bm
Bm

E
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Fall out of the car like a host
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Esus4

Em
Em

age from a plane
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Think of you a while,
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start wishing it would rain
Verse 6
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G
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And I remember the train headed
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south out of Bangkok down
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Toward the water
Verse 7
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I come into the house,
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Esus4

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put on a pot of coffee
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Walk the floors a little while
Set your postcard on the table with
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Esus4
Esus4

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all the others like it
Start sorting through the pile
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I check the pictures and the postmarks
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and the caption and the stamp
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For signs of any pattern at all
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Bm
Bm

Esus4
Esus4

When I come up empty- handed
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the feeling almost overwhelms me
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I let a few of my defenses fall
Verse 8
Bm
Bm

And I smile a bitter smile,
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Esus4

it's not a pretty thing to see
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I think about a railroad platform
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back in 1983
Verse 9
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And I remember the train headed
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G

A
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south out of Bangkok down
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G

D
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Toward the water
Outro 1
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