Mary Chapin Carpenter I Tried Going West lyrics

I tried going west, where the sky meets the sun,
Where the edge of the world always been
As far from this place as a girl gets to run,
When her reasons to stay have worn thin

Out there the days were so bright and so blue,
Yet, I missed all my thunder and rain.
The way the storm punctures
A hot afternoon, washing away every stain

When my maps pointed north
They were calling for snow to cover all sounds and all sights.
But tell me where on this earth does all that noise go
Underneath all of that white?

The fog scarcely mentioned, I dug out my truck,
By the time the storm cleared, I was gone.
Back on the road with the radio on,
Singing at the top of my lungs.

Driving and crying and driving some more
Oh, the south is a good place to hide.

Hot nights and cold beers and creaky screen doors
And the motel's vacancy sign

A letter a day I wrote back home to you,
But not one you ever received.
‘Cause I can't stand the man that lies like you do
And I can't bear a woman who believes

One day at dawn I had run out of roads,
Run out of reasons to run.
Like a horse to the barn I was hell-bent to go,
As fast going back as I came
“Going home” was the song that I sang
As I pulled in just before dark.
And there was only a hook where your coat used to hang
And that's where I hung up my heart.

I tried going west, where the sky meets the sun.