i guess i was expecting
better from myself
always this nagging feeling
i should be somewhere else
home well now there's the rub
mine could stand a shine
now there's a thousand miles between
some motel room and a back porch swing
of what used to be otherwise
i was living under the colored lights
they're now breaking monochrome
i fractured blessed images
i once made and then owned
and home i made a good one once
there was no disguise
now there's a thousand miles between
a heartbeat and a back porch swing
of what used to be otherwise
(bridge)
so i'll play you a certain card
every time my mind gets loud
but it'll never sweep the hand
when my heart's gone so far south
and i'll roll you a couple of dice
every time i'm dying to live
you can read it in the gambler's eyes
but it's speaking in his fingertips
i have this dream quite frequently
where i am blind and lame
stumbling through forgotten cities
looking for my name
and home well i became one once
under those clearer skies
now there's a thousand miles between
some motel room and a back porch swing
of what used to be otherwise
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