Nothing to Hold Us Here - Calvin Johnson

A low lyin' Western town

Where no one speaks their mind

There’s nothing to hold us here

The best years of our lives

They say are drifting away

When we go out to see the world

There’s nothing to hold us here

There’s autumn in New England

Summer in the Midwest

Winter down in Texas

We want to see the rest

There’s nothing to hold us here

The people here are simple and bitter

It’s a gift from heaven

We don’t fit here

We don’t need a reason

Or a second opinion

There’s nothing to hold us now

Maybe we’ll come back here

After we’ve seen it all

Maybe we’ll find in our own backyard

Something to hold us

After all

Don’t try to stop us

Don’t shed a tear, we’ll be gone tomorrow

There’s nothing to hold us here

There’s nothing to hold us here

There’s nothing to hold us, now