Weeds blow tall on a broken train track
Ruth B. draws, we're fixin' to get high
Maybe we'll hit the bluffs
And find ourselves the same old rum
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
The hopped up boys are lookin' for their trouble
The knocked up girls, well, they've all got their share
Ruth seems out of her mind, swears she won't give in this time
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
Ruth B. draws, we're fixin' to get high
Maybe we'll hit the bluffs
And find ourselves the same old rum
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
The hopped up boys are lookin' for their trouble
The knocked up girls, well, they've all got their share
Ruth seems out of her mind, swears she won't give in this time
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
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This song really epitomizes that town. I hated living there. I lived in that region before, but my family had just moved from up-state New York. We ended up settling. I think that's where the line "everyone says this town is beautiful and you'd be so crazy to say goodbye." It's the kind of town you settle in. Obviously, the singer didn't want to be in this town. I sure as hell didn't.
All I could ever think about were ways that I could get out of that place. My friends and I would pass the time getting stoned and drunk when we could find the occasion. Two of my best friends married right out of high school and had kids. My senior year FIVE girls were pregnant and two that I had graduated with had already had at least one kid.
I never got into any of that, but it always seemed so easy to. I often referred to the place as "the black hole" because no matter how badly you wanted to leave, it just always seemed easier to stay.
It's just a perfect rendition of the urge and determination there is to get out of the city and not be stuck there like everyone else is. It makes you wanna do something with your life.
I'm from near Jackson, TN, a little town called Alamo about 15 minutes away. Where did you go to high school?
It's music, it's art...it's great!!
I sometimes feel like the lyrics from this song, apart from I live on an estate in North-East England which certainly is not beautiful and nobody loves it.
It would be nice to get out when the time eventually comes...
Think he's singing from experience again?
as for you meeting the strokes and kings of leon at the same time. they're my only two favourite bands. i envy you.
Amazing song!
Stay cool