Amanda
The sun is shinning but the curtains are drawn
Lord, I can t believe I've been away so long
As I comb the night before from my hair
I'm down to the small change and over-flowing ash-trays
Driving on empty and going the wrong way
If I ever get home I hope you'll still be there
Oh Amanda, oh Amanda honey babe
The light is fading fast from any chance I had
To get back to you someday
Oh Amanda, oh Amanda honey babe
I pray the neon lights and long hazy nights
Haven't swept your love away
Oh Amanda, oh Amanda
Your picture is all faded but I've still got it
To me it s as good as gold anyways
You never got the smokes and booze and cheap perfume
And all week long in a twenty dollar room
But I've gotta get this rambling blood outta my veins
You know my beat up heart is like an old coyote
Wandering all along and aimlessly
Being lost and free is all it's ever known
But I hear your name in the breeze
That's shaking the trees and blowing all around inside of me
When I get home that old dog ain't gonna howl no more.