I'm leaving Longview and I'm heading out west

It's getting harder to say goodbye

another day on the road, another night all alone

sometimes I wonder why

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She sits by the phone, waiting for my call

just to hear that I'm okay

I tell her I'm fine, but my words can't explain

what my heart longs to say

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Stop this world from turning

let me off this train

alone at home her hearts burning

and a dream is all to blame

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I find the only gas station in this no name town

ask directions to the fair

I pull up to the arena and pay my fees

and find my pockets now are bare

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I'm a couple hundred short of making the finals

I know today is going to be my day

but it's a wasted good draw, another 7 second ride

and 7 seconds never does pay

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Stop this world from turning

let me off this train

my head and my back now are hurting

and a dream is all to blame

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Lovers are dancing to the band at the fair

They play "Lonely Feeling" by Robert Earl Keen

I head back to my car, and curl up on my cot

and dream them motel cowboy dreams

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Stop this world from turning

let me off this train

after all these years I'm still learning

that a dream is all to blame