You Can't Go Home Again Lyrics - Ghost In The Music - Nanci Griffith

So much silence to my hometown streets, 

gonna put my cheek to the window and watch it sleep 

Where the shadows fall from sycamore trees, 

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

Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea. 

I will be crossing it in changes 

This ol' 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 your wine 

But you cannot save your past for today. 

It will leave you cold on an outbound train 

Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea. 

I will be crossing it in changes 

This ol' 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. 

He'll kiss my tears away and set my heart in line 

Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea. 

I will be crossing it in changes 

This ol' town never did really care that much for me. 

I don't know why I always come here in my dreams 

Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea. 

I will be crossing it in changes 

This ol' town never did really care that much for me. 

I only come here to remember my dreams