More songs by Flatland Cavalry
Description
Dust on your boots, the sky is endless, and time seems to stretch between chords and the highway. Here, no one looks for meaning - they just keep driving until the wind gets tired of chasing them. Every bar, every sunrise, every loss is like a chapter in a book that no one planned to write, but still reads to the end.
This music has a taste of whiskey and a touch of philosophy: about how easy it is to get lost when you're always on the road, and how strangely calm it is when you realize that this is home. A little fatigue, a little romance, and a bunch of stories told in a hoarse voice around the last campfire. Everything is gone, but everything is yours.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Well, I got drunk with buds in Dublin
I've been sober in October
Wandered through the darkness
Stuck around to greet the dawn
Sank low down in New Orleans
Chased them clouds in Colorado
Blowin' like the wind
I've been gone
Like you ain't ever seen
Far, wide and in between
Livin' out an outlaw cowboy song
It's a heavy price to pay
I'll make light of it some day
With a tale to tell for each one, I've been gone
In my mind, I'm just a drifter
A traveler, a visitor
Turnin' over miles, turnin' pages, turnin' stones
Spurrin' late night conversation, other-worldly observations
By the time I make some sense of it, I'll be movin' on
Like you ain't ever seen
Far and wide and in between
Chasin' after dreams, right or wrong
It's a heavy price to pay
I'll make light of it some day
With a tale to tell for each one, I've been gone
And when they call my number to the Gatherin' of Goners
I'll wear my rambler's smile with honor
And waltz into the Great Beyond
Like you ain't ever seen
Far and wide and in between
Livin' out a gospel cowboy song
It's a heavy price to pay
I'll make light of it some day
With a tale to tell for each one, I've been gone
Got a tale to tell for each one, I've been gone