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Away lyrics
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Verse 1
I keep the lease at month to month, I keep the boxes taped Deposit in an envelope, first of June I'm on the interstate I quit with two weeks notice and I hug like it's a handshake No dog, no plants, no photographs, just plastic cups and paper plates The engine is a lullaby, the atlas is my scripture I sign my name to nothing but a motel register Freedom's gas station coffee and the bugs across the glass And anywhere I'm headed beats the town I'm blowing past
Chorus
Away, I keep on moving away The road don't ask me questions and I love it that way White-line lullabies, dashboard glow Away is the only address I know Somewhere's better than here, that's what I say Away, away, away
Verse 2
My birthday caught me outside Reno in a booth for one The waitress sang it to me soft, nobody knew to come Two texts: one from the dentist, one my carrier sent Old friends turned into usernames, then the usernames went I know a hundred skylines, no one knows my middle name Blank postcards in the glovebox I keep meaning to explain The horizon keeps arriving just a little out of reach Everywhere to be tomorrow, no one saving me a seat
Chorus
Away, I keep on moving away The road don't ask me questions and I love it that way White-line lullabies, dashboard glow Away is the only address I know Somewhere's better than here... that's what I say Away, away, away
Bridge
Hey stranger, it's Dana... we did your cake without you Saved you the corner piece, it's in my freezer, come and get it No speech, I promise, just... stay gone too long and you never grow roots The door still knows your knock... okay... bye Stay gone too long and you never grow roots I sat there on the shoulder with the hazards keeping time
Verse 3
So I called about a one-year lease, a kitchen and a yard Circled one date on a calendar, mailed out ten birthday cards The road's no less than holy, but a road is not a home I'm done driving from my life, I'm gonna drive it toward my own
Chorus
Stay, I'm finally going to stay Never noticed it before, the road runs in both ways Friend-song harmonies, kitchen window glow Stay is the first address I chose to know Someone's better than somewhere, now I can say Stay, stay, stay... and this time I stay
Outro
First key on my ring I don't intend to give back
Inside the recording
I keep the lease at month to month, I keep the boxes taped Deposit in an envelope, first of June I'm on the interstate
Away, I keep on moving away The road don't ask me questions and I love it that way
First key on my ring I don't intend to give back
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