Lawrence, KS Lyrics

By Josh Ritter
chords figured out by Matt Rowley
intro G
Dirt roads and dryland farming might be the death of me
but I can't leave this world behind
My debts are not like prisons where there's hope of getting free
and I can't leave this world behind
Now I've been from here to Lawrence Kansas
trying to leave my state of mind
trying to leave this awful sadness
but I can't leave this world behind.
South of Delia there's a patch out back the willow trees
but I can't leave this world behind
It's a fenced-in piece of nothing where I hear voices on my knees
and I can't leave this world behind
Some prophecies are self-fulfilling
I've had to work for all of mine
better times will come to me, God-willing
Cause I can't leave this world behind.
(Accordian/guitar duet solor... fade)
Well this world must be frightening everybody's on the run
and I can't leave this world behind
My house is a wooden one and it's built on a wooden one
seems I can't leave this world behind
Preacher says that when the master calls us
He's gonna give us wings to fly
But my wings are made of hay and corn husks
So I can't leave this world behind.