You Can't Go Home Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

So much silence to my hometown streets 

Gonna put my cheek to the window and watch it sleep 

Where the shadow's fall from sycamore trees 

Fight off this north wind and I'll be headin' back east 

And let the Colorado river roll on to the sea 

I will be crossing it changes 

And this 'ole town never did really care 

That much for me 

I don't know why I always come here 

In my dreams 

It's the hardest to hold, but it's the easiest to find 

If you'll slip for the dollar, I'll fall in the wine 

But you cannot save your past for today 

It will leave you cold on an outbound train 

And let the Colorado river roll on to the sea 

I will be crossing it changes 

And this 'ole town never did really care 

That much for me 

I don't know why I always come here 

In my dreams 

Folded memories in my soul 

It's that old blue line that you can never go back home 

So I'm waiting for the moon to rise 

As it'll kiss my tears away and set my heart in line 

And let the Colorado river roll on to the sea 

I will be crossing it changes 

And this 'ole town never did really care 

That much for me 

I don't know why I always come here 

In my dreams 

And let the Colorado river roll on to the sea 

I will be crossing it changes 

And this 'ole town never did really care 

That much for me 

I only come here to remember my dreams 

Sleep tight 

Hill Country town 

Goodnight