Louie

It's midnight in this old town
We sit at plastic chairs and tables on the highway
After all the bars close down
And only travelers are looking for next place
Talking to a stranger singing stories how he nearly died
While he was running from some shadows, crashing up on the mountainside
Now we're walking in the dust
Of tuks flying fast but we're moving so slowly
I say I'm tired from the sun
Truth is it's a lot of work to stay this lonely
All I want tonight is somebody to know me

Louie, maybe its worth pretending tonight
Like we're not foreign here, we've got all the time
Louie, I'm grabbing hope from a genuine smile
And chestnut eyes that talk for miles and miles and miles

Now the sun is coming up
But we've still got these stories and these bottles
I wanna hear the monks chant up the hill
We can listen from the roof of your hostel
And now I'm singing stories how I crashed into a mountainside
Now we're making plans on the back of your motorbike
Tonight I feel like maybe you could know me
I don't ever really wanna feel that lonely

Louie, maybe its worth pretending tonight
Like we're not foreign here, we've got all the time
Louie, I'm grabbing hope from a genuine smile
And chestnut eyes that talk for miles and miles and miles

Take me back,
Take me back with you
Take me home,
Take me anywhere, just not back to America
I wanna wake up under Tasmanian trees
On your family farm
With your tomatoes and sheep
So take me
Take me back, take me far far away
Take me where its pure
And the air is clean
Out of these cities & away
Take me into a fairy tale
Crash into a mountainside
Take me where anywhere,
I wanna feel so alive

Louie, maybe its worth pretending tonight
Like we're not foreign here, we've got all the time
Louie, I'm grabbing hope from a genuine smile
And chestnut eyes that talk for miles and miles and miles