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Just South Of Nowhere Lyrics
Meet me out past the cottonwoods, where we ran as kids
Straight out past the cemetery, where the river turns to ditch
This car I'm driving can't drive me fast enough
Thirty miles of potholed roads got me shaking like a drunk
Straight back, far away, a long ways from here
Just south of nowhere
Static on the radio gave out five miles back
And I'm singing some old Marshalls song, just for laughs
My head aches from cigarettes, my eyes are edged with sleep
Meet out past the muddy ditch, beneath the palos veres trees
Straight back, far away, a long ways from here
Just south of nowhere
Monday morning takes me back to where I have to be
Full of half-assed promises, this shit just ain't for me
Meet me out past the cottonwoods, where we ran as kids
Straight out past the cemetery, where the river turns to ditch
Straight back, far away, a long ways from here
Just south of nowhere...
Straight out past the cemetery, where the river turns to ditch
This car I'm driving can't drive me fast enough
Thirty miles of potholed roads got me shaking like a drunk
Just south of nowhere
And I'm singing some old Marshalls song, just for laughs
My head aches from cigarettes, my eyes are edged with sleep
Meet out past the muddy ditch, beneath the palos veres trees
Just south of nowhere
Full of half-assed promises, this shit just ain't for me
Meet me out past the cottonwoods, where we ran as kids
Straight out past the cemetery, where the river turns to ditch
Just south of nowhere...
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Submitted by
kyr On Oct 06, 2004
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Incorrect lyric, sorta :
"...beneath the palos veres trees."
It should read
"Palo Verda trees."
The Palo Verda is a tree in Arizona, where the Gin Blossoms hail from IIRC.
I think it's about getting back together with a friend and remembering childhood, looking for a break from the life of being an adult.
besides relationships, this is the other running gb theme- escaping the daily monotony. this song is about reminising and trying to relive your youth. just south of nowhere tells of trying to get away from the normal 9-5 routine and trying to remember what it was like to be carefree. this song also contains a reference to one of gb's great muscial influences- marshall crenshaw.