Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
You walked the earth
Talked and never spoke a word
She wonders who'll be the first to go
I said you know,
the biggest things we gotta face alone
Don't want to waste time and go
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
A trace of me, it floats in my periphery
And every time I turn to see it goes
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Floating by like a satellite
To pass the time, you'll float by again
And I can tell you about the little things
So you don't think about the big things for a while
You walked the earth
Talked and never spoke a word
She wonder who will be the first to go
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Talked and never spoke a word
She wonders who'll be the first to go
I said you know,
the biggest things we gotta face alone
Don't want to waste time and go
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
A trace of me, it floats in my periphery
And every time I turn to see it goes
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Floating by like a satellite
To pass the time, you'll float by again
And I can tell you about the little things
So you don't think about the big things for a while
You walked the earth
Talked and never spoke a word
She wonder who will be the first to go
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Alone again
Alone
Lyrics submitted by MDMusicGirl88
Prison Food Lyrics as written by Benjamin Scott Folds Ben Folds
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