Homesick

The highway signs, the yellow lines
Rollin' out and under by the thousands
The desert nights, the city lights
I left to be a ramblin' cowboy

Sayin' so long with one last song
Is the best way to keep from marrying
But staying strong when it all goes wrong
Is a weight I'm pretty used to carrying

I'll think of you at night when the world is absent light
When everything's so quiet and so lonesome
You're the cigarette that I just can't kick
Oh, I'm homesick

Ah, babe we had it good, underneath the hood
Was an engine well-greased and purrin'
And I felt that yawn, it callin' me on
To somewhere strange and allurin'

And every mile is so worthwhile
When there's someone out there who will meet you
And I pretend my heart did mend
But sometimes the road can defeat you

I'll think of you at dawn when the sun is barely on
When even birds of morning have a sturdy grasp upon
A branch, a home, a silent little song
When everything's so quiet and so lonesome
You're the cigarette that I just can't kick
Oh, I'm homesick

All these phantom pains runnin' in my veins
Are proof that my skin is not as thick
You're the last silhouette before the sun does set
Oh, I'm homesick