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Coattails Of The Wind
© 2003 Jeannette Desnoyers/SOCAN, lyric; Chuck Crowe/BMI, music

My eyes burn as I watch you from the door
And I hear the peaceful sound of breathin’
My tears start fallin’ on the cold wood floor
As I think of the love I’ll be leavin’

My hands shake as I open the oak desk
My heart stops when I hear the hinges creakin’
This pen feels heavy like a smokin’ gun
As I write off a life while you’re sleepin’



CHORUS If love could change the roving kind
I’d shed this weathered skin
But you can’t tame the restless soul
Of a man who rides the coattails of the wind

You’ll wake up from your dream and reach for me
When you hear the breathless sound of leavin’
My words will echo ‘round the empty room
As you try to deny what you’re readin’

Chorus If love could change the roving kind
I’d shed this weathered skin
But you can’t tame the restless soul
Of a man who rides the coattails of the wind


Bridge I look back and I feel your pull
But I’ll push forward in time
But it’s against my nature to stay
So I’m leavin’ my heart behind


Repeat chorus

If love could change the roving kind
I’d shed this weathered skin
But you can’t tame the restless soul
Of a man who rides the coattails of the wind