Jamie was a barmaid at the Underground Longrail Seems like every Friday evenin' She'd find herself in Jail Not a friend this side of Houston With the time to throw her bail But she'll be fine, she'll be fine
Spent a lifetime walkin' Through the walls of a broken home Not a man round here still standin' For the girl to call her own. Every time she tried to hold him She just ended up alone But there's still time, there's still time
Davey drove a taxi Through the streets of Boston town Like the billboards up above him The world just wore him down Only soul he'd ever cared for Was the one he'd never found But He'll be fine, He'll be fine
Broken Half of Winter, with a wind chill ten below Davey sittin' in his kitchen laughin 'bout How the world had done him so Then the postman burst his bubble With a letter from below And now it's time, now it's time
Chorus And there's a lot of people runnin' round Not quite sure which way to go But as for me I believe I finally found It's just easy come and easy go
Jamie grabbed a bottle, threw her apron on the bar Packed her whole world in a suitcase And tossed it in the car Woke up in Texarkana Wondrin' how she'd got this far And on her own, on her own
Stranger at the motel let Jamie stay for free She was gone before the daybreak On her ways to Tennessee Lookin' to make the whole world over Into a place she wants to be But not alone, not alone
Davey left his taxi In the bottom of a Beantown lake He said this whole world's full of chances And this is one I gotta take So he caught the line to Nashville To finally find his break And make a home, make a home
As the train flew out of Boston His whole world passed him by He said I spent a lifetime runnin' And now's the time to try If I can't find someone to hold me My dreams will surely die And I'll be gone, I'll be gone
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When Davey hit the pavement The sky was almost gray He lit a smoke off of the sidewalk To drive the storm away And when Jamie turned the corner With the world upon her brow Davey said I must be dreamin' How could this happen now And then she walked right towards him Looked him right up in the eye Davey reached out for forever And Jamie walked on by