Earthbound Lyrics

By Rodney Crowell
I could shed my skin and in the blink of an eye I could fly, fly, fly
Tie my dreams up in a sack and lay my head down on the track and die, die, die
My life's been so sweet I just can't stand it
I must admit I've made out like a bandit
Last night's conversation with a real good friend of mine drinkin wine, wine, wine
Said fifty years of livin and your worst mistakes forgiven just take time, time, time
One man's lust for life brings world reknown
And the next guy can't get two feet off the ground, hes earthbound
Chorus 1:
Earthbound, hear the wind through the tops of the trees
Earthbound, summer sun nearly ninety degrees
Earthbound, big ol' moon sinking down
Think I might stick around, Im earthbound
I knew love once way back when she had almond eyes and olive skin and long black hair
She was Irish Spanish mixbreed I was southeast Texas hayseed, we were almost there
Her daddy didn't like my kind around
True love took the next train out of town, earthbound
Chorus 2:
Earthbound, where there's fathers and daughters in pain
Earthbound, mama's boy walking home in the rain
Earthbound, like a ship run aground
Think I might stick around, Im earthbound
With each new day that passes I'm in need of thicker glasses but it's all OK
Someday I'll be leaving but I just can't help believing that it's not today
Every golden moment I have found
I've done my best to run right in the ground, earthbound
Chorus 3:
Earthbound, see the sky big and beautiful blue
Earthbound, fallen angels are talkin' to you
Earthbound, keepin' close to the ground think I might stick around
Eathbound
Chorus 4:
Earthbound, Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Mary Karr
Earthbound, Walter Cronkite, Seamus Heaney, Ringo Starr
Dalai Lama, Charlie Brown think I might stick around
Im earthbound