Gone - Indigo Girls

A long drink of water and a pickup truck

On a bone dry summer I’ve been out of luck

But when you blew into town I felt the winds of change

A little bit scary and a little bit strange

I know from being broken harder

With nothing to lose

Doesn’t take much around here

To make such big news

And I’m gone

Mama left her warning from the old front porch

But I’m gone

They say you’ll burn me like you’re Sherman with a big bad torch

I’ve seen a million suns go down on this tired town

Now you’re here and I’m gone

So in comes the stranger to the tight lipped frowns

The walls come up and the shades go down

I can’t help but see it like a movie scene

Where you bust on through and you rescue me

And the sign of a happy ending is an out of state tag

Outside of the house where the girl inside is packing her bags

And I’m gone…

Does it seem like it’s too much to ask

For reckless grin and a tank full of gas

Gone…

And I don’t know if I will ever belong

But I’m done here doing time and I’m moving along

And I’m gone

Gone

Mama left her warning from the old front porch