(Quillen/Beckley)
"SHE MUST BE SOMEWHERE BY NOW"
(Quillen/Beckley)
THIS NEBRASKA CORNFIELD NEVER WAS HER CUP OF TEA
IN HER WHOLE LIFE SHE'D NEVER DATED ANYONE BUT ME
ON THE FRONT PORCH SWING SHE'D TALK ABOUT THAT GREAT BIG WORLD OUT THERE
AND SHE WOULD SAY, "SOMEDAY I'M GOIN' SOMEWHERE"
WELL, SOMEDAY CAME TOO SOON THAT HOT JULY AFTERNOON
MY TEARS WERE FALLIN' AS I DROVE HER TO THE STATION
(CHORUS):
AND SHE CLIMBED ABOARD THAT GREYHOUND
HER HEART BIG CITY BOUND
MY HEART BREAKIN' IN TWO
FOUR MONTHS, TEN DAYS SEEM LIGHT YEARS AFTER
AND I'M ABOARD THIS OLD FORD TRACTOR
WITH TWO HUNDRED ACRES TO PLOW
SHE MUST BE SOMEWHERE BY NOW
NOW EVERY NIGHT I CHECK THE MAIL AND SIT AT HOME
I'D GO OUT FOR A BEER, BUT WHAT IF SHE SHOULD PHONE
READ A POSTCARD THAT HER MOM RECEIVED JUST THE OTHER DAY
SHE'D AUDITIONED FOR A LEADING ROLE OFF BROADWAY
BUT WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS THE NAME SHE DIDN'T MENTION
SO I JUST HURT AND WONDER AND REMEMBER
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WHEN SHE CLIMBED ABOARD THAT GREYHOUND
HER HEART BIG CITY BOUND
MY HEART BREAKIN' IN TWO
FOUR MONTHS, TEN DAYS SEEM LIGHT YEARS AFTER
AND I'M ABOARD THIS OLD FORD TRACTOR
WITH TWO HUNDRED ACRES TO PLOW
SHE MUST BE SOMEWHERE BY NOW
FOUR MONTHS, TEN DAYS SEEM LIGHT YEARS AFTER
AND I'M ABOARD THIS OLD FORD TRACTOR
TWO HUNDRED ACRES TO PLOW
SHE MUST BE SOMEWHERE BY NOW
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