Well you get the bill and I’ll get the tip
Next time around it won’t be like this…
Again, not again
You know I’m new to town still getting’ the feel
But who the hell said this city was real…
My friend, Can I call you my friend?
All the silver lined clouds are getting’ stormed out
For a Northwest Kid tryin’ to figure it out
I’m a Northwest Kid lookin’ to figure it out
I’m a Northwest Kid lookin’ to figure it out
Nothin’s back at home ‘cept a stupid old man
Who never knew could so he tells me I can’t…
Use to listen, I use to listen
My uncle was different he had a helluva way
Use to make me laugh with every word he’d say…
I miss him, still miss him
All the memories slowly fadin’ away
For a Northwest kid tryin’ to find his own way
I’m a Northwest Kid lookin’ to figure it out
I’m a Northwest Kid lookin’ to figure it out
Austin, Little Rock, some little town in Mississippi
Asheville, Unicoi South of Johnson City
Well they’re all the same only different names
I’ve said more words than you care to hear
But thanks for lettin’ me get it out in the clear…
I’m thinking, Can’t stop thinking…
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