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George Wesley - Leaving Home

from Under the Covers - The Songs of Tom Flannery by Assorted Artists

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What is this place
where have you taken me
don't smell what I like
don't see what I see
give me my coat
don't forget my hat
there's a chill in the air
have to deal with that

You can tie me to a flatback chair
lock me in a jail
take away my eyes
and the sailboat's sail
steal my memories
lose me when I roam
but nothing can compare
to leaving home

Get me on a bus
get me on a plane
put me in your car
or we can hop a train
dance the way we used to
fumbling in the dark
maybe they won't find us
the lonely on their marks

You can tie me to a flatback chair
lock me in a jail
take away my eyes
and the sailboat's sail
steal my memories
lose me when I roam
but nothing can compare
to leaving home

A man grows younger
and simpler with the time
I see what's yours
but I want what's mine
familiar faces and
a warm feather bed
arms all around me
and nothing in my head

Streets that I grew up on
voices that I know
that yesterday's were better
is what they show
newspapers on the backporch
and pictures on the wall
hands to pick me up
on the day I learn to fall

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from Under the Covers - The Songs of Tom Flannery, released June 28, 2014

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"One of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century"
-- The All Music Guide

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