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 renown

And the next guy can't get two feet off the ground... he's earthbound

(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

I'm earthbound

I knew love once way back when, she had almond eyes and olive skin

And long black hair

She was Irish-Spanish mix-breed, I was southeast Texas hayseed

We were almost there

Her daddy did not like my kind around

True love took the next train out of town... earthbound

(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

I'm earthbound

With each new day that passes I'm in need of thicker glasses but it's all okay

Someday I'll be leavin' but I just can't help believing that it's not today, hey

Every golden moment I have found

I've done my best to run right in the ground... earthbound

(Earthbound) see the sky big and beautiful blue

(Earthbound) fallen angels come callin' to you

(Earthbound) keepin' close to the ground, think I might stick around

(Earthbound) Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Mary Karr

(Earthbound) Walter Cronkite, Seamus Heaney, Ringo Starr

(Earthbound) The Dalai Lama, Charlie Brown make me wanna stick around

I'm earthbound