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Sometimes I wish I lived in an Airstream
Homemade curtains, lived just like a gypsy
Break a heart, roll out of town
'cause gypsies never get tied down
Sometimes I wish I lived on a mountain
Drank from a stream instead of a fountain
I'd stay there, top of the world
But I was born a red dirt girl
Unbridled or tethered and tied
The safety of the fence or the danger of the ride
I'll always be unsatisfied
Sometimes I wish I lived by a pier
In a lighthouse with a chandelier
I'd watch everybody's ships come in
And then I'd sail away with them
Unanchored in the storm
Or safely on the shore
If this is all I need, why do I want more
Sometimes I wish I lived in an airstream
Homemade curtains, lived just like a gypsy
Homemade curtains, lived just like a gypsy
Break a heart, roll out of town
'cause gypsies never get tied down
Drank from a stream instead of a fountain
I'd stay there, top of the world
But I was born a red dirt girl
The safety of the fence or the danger of the ride
I'll always be unsatisfied
In a lighthouse with a chandelier
I'd watch everybody's ships come in
And then I'd sail away with them
Or safely on the shore
If this is all I need, why do I want more
Homemade curtains, lived just like a gypsy
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Submitted by
caseykins On Sep 24, 2009
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this is one of my favourite songs by miranda, ever. it has such a yearning feel to it and she makes the gypsy life seem so liberating. the lyrics are simple and lovely and just wishing for a life about the simple things. being able to pick up roots and leave and wander around carefree and breaking hearts. love the nod to emmylou harris [but i was born a red dirt girl]. whole song makes me feel wistful.
The song for a restless soul like me and many others... A favourite roadtrip song
Lambert explained this acoustic country swing number, which was inspired by a 1980 Merle Haggard song: "I've been obsessed with Airstreams for a while now. I don't really know why. Don't have one, don't need one. But I want one! I always do 'The Way I Am' by Merle in my show, if I have an encore, just because I love that song, and it's not right not to play a Merle song on stage. I was telling Blake (Shelton) one day, 'There's a song missing that I haven't written yet.' He said, 'Why don't you go write "The Way I Am" for you?' And I did. That song is definitely, what if I wasn't doing this? What if I could just fly away out of my body for a day?"