Guitar cases, long faces A warm embrace and Sarah’s tears Freeway hums and sadness comes And LAX just disappears
Airplane jail, some ginger ale A magazine or two Landing gear, an airport beer And I’m on my way to you
Rolling up route 74 Through the French Broad River corridor I see old Black Mountain holding court And I know the trip is getting short And then there you are so divine The crown on Queen Caroline The Asheville city skyline
Old buds, bear hugs Settle in to pick some strings Blue Ridge trees, a Pisgah breeze Ian’s hungry and Jacob sings
Microphones, banjo drones A banner head across my knee Makers Mark, gettin’ dark Feels mighty fine to finally be
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Then it’s said and done with a warm chuckle The sound of a mando case buckle Morning chill, a coffee bill Take to the skies and realize I sure wish that I was still