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legends of country - gone leaving lyrics

[verse 1]
i was sitting on a suitcase waiting at the bus stop by the market square (mmm)
there was an old man waiting with me, eating crackers from a cloudy tupperware (mmm)
he asked where i was going and i told him that i didn’t know where yet (mmm)
he just smiled and opened up a beer, rubbed his eyes and looked at me and said (mmm, mmm)
“when i was young, i used to think that there was nothing in the world i couldn’t be
i grew up here in this small town but i left when i had just turned twenty+three (mmm)
ever since, i’ve just been gone leaving”

[verse 2]
as we sat there in the sunshine, i could see these little rainbows in his eyes (mmm)
one of the saddest things you’ll ever see is seeing someone trying not to cry (mmm)
he said “i might have failed a lot of times but i’m not a failure, not yet anyway
because i’m only going to really be a failure if i don’t try again (mmm, mmm)
i spend a lot of nights in motels but i sleep a whole lot easier on trains (mmm)
and i brush my t++th in little chefs where the waitresses all know me by my name (mmm)
they know how i like my eggs cooked and how many sugars i take in my tea (mmm)
but that’s as much as i’ve ever let anybody else know about me (mmm)
’cause ever since, i’ve just been gone leaving”

[verse 3]
“but you must have had adventures,” i said, “think of all the places that you’ve been (mmm)”
“oh, i’ve done it all,” he nodded, “but there’s nothing wrong with following your dreams (mmm)”
“but you have to understand,” he said, “that in the end there’s only so much time (mmm)
and for every dream you follow, there’s a lot of other dreams you leave behind (mmm, mmm)
i must have been about the age that you are now when i set off to see the world (mmm)
and i left my wife behind, all alone here with our little baby girl (mmm)
i didn’t know where i was going, after all these years i still don’t really know (mmm)
but i was sitting at this bus stop, just like you are, almost fifty years ago (mmm)
and ever since, i’ve just been gone leaving”
[verse 4]
“i guess i missed a lot of birthdays, first days back to school and family christmases (mmm)”
“and i know,” he said, “i’ll never get back any of the moments that i missed (mmm)”
“’cause i’ve done a lot of travelling but it feels like i’ve been on the road too long (mmm)
and i don’t even remember what it was i started out escaping from (mmm)
’cause ever since, i’ve just been gone leaving
ever since, i’ve just been gone leaving
ever since, i’ve just been gone leaving”

- legends of country lyrics

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