Nashville Lyrics - Rites Of Passage - Indigo Girls

As I drive, from your pearly gates 

I realize, that I just can't stay 

All those mountains, they kept you locked inside 

And hid the truth, from my slighted eyes 

I came to you with a half-open heart 

Dreams upon my back, illusions of a brand new start 

Nashville, can't I carry the load 

Is it my fault, I can't reap what i sow 

Nashville, did you give me half a chance 

With your southern style, and your hidden dance away 

You dance away 

And you dance away 

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All these voices, they whisper through my walls 

They talk of falling fast, they say I'm losing it all 

They say I'm running blind to love of my own 

But I'll be walking proud, I'm saving what i still own 

I fell on my knees to kiss your land 

But you are so far down, and i can't even see to stand 

In Nashville you forgot the human race 

You see with half a mind what colors hide the face 

Nashville, I'd like to know your fate 

I'd like to stay a while 

But I've seen your lowered states today 

I've seen 'em today 

Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today 

Now I'm leaving 

I've got all these debts to pay 

You know we all have our dues, I'll pay 'em some other place 

Ah, I never ask that you pay me back 

We all arrive with more, I left with less than I had 

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Your town is made for people passing through 

A last chance for a cause I thought I knew 

But Nashville, you tell me what you are gonna do 

With all your southern style, it'll never pull you through 

Nashville, I can't place no blame 

But if you forget my face, I'll never call your name again 

No never again, no never again 

I fell on my knees to kiss your land 

But you are so far down, and i can't even see to stand 

In Nashville you forgot the human race 

You see with half a mind what colors hide the face 

Nashville, I'd like to know your fate 

I'd like to stay a while 

But I've seen your lowered states today 

I've seen 'em today 

Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today 

I'm running away, I'm running away 

I'm running, I'm running 

I'm running away