Ticking

(So like that?) I'm cuttin' ties with things that bind my heart to this world I love you and I'm willing but I cannot keep you girl Philly by the morning and Ohio by the night The thing about a long rope is you can't hold on too tight On wooden floors and coffee cups Stepped on and all used up But I reckon that's what mornings are for And everyone thinks they know me now, in these Closed-minded leave-me towns But I'm too young to even know myself There's wheels running down the interstate Oh, Lord I'll wait Another day 'Cause I ain't close to you There's time, ticking, on the interstate And Lord I hate That I ain't close to you And all my friends have moved away Some got jobs and some got saved They talk to me like I'm still that kid The fighting, fiendin' Okie sun The restless, reckless hopeful one Who once was proud of everything he did Do you remember 25? Long legs and loving time Seems like ten lifetimes ago I'm cuttin' ties with things that bind my heart to this world I love you and I'm willing, but I Really have to go There's wheels running down the interstate Oh, Lord I'll wait Another day 'Cause I ain't close to you There's time, ticking, on the interstate I'm fightin' fate And Lord I hate That I ain't close to you I'm cuttin' ties with things that bind my heart to this world I love you and I'm willing, but I cannot keep you girl Philly by the morning and Ohio by the night The thing about high hopes is you can't hold on too tight