Faded Aces

( Why's It So Hard To Leave This Time )

Suitcase stuffed with stale apparel
A sun that bakes you to the marrow
Stumblin' down the tracks to catch a freight

Iced down jug insures survival
Father Time his only rival
Makes him wonder how it got this late

Last thing he did wrong was Friday
Didn't pack his things to tidy
But he got it movin' down the line

Left her standin' by the pickup
Green eyes watered like a young pup
Why is it so hard to leave this time

{ Chorus }

Leaky Boots and faded aces
Lonley towns with lonely faces
But at least the lonley faces
Are in places he ain't been to
And the hurt that he ain't knowin'
He was spared when he kept goin'
'Cause he never stopped to talk too long

And as he walks he counts the ties
And thinks about a young girls lies
And about the lies she didn't say

But a woman's love reminds him
Of a life that tries to bind him
And he knows he'll be gettin' on his way

{ Chorus }

Leaky Boots and faded aces
Lonley towns with lonely faces
But at least the lonley faces
Are in places he ain't been to
And the hurt that he ain't knowin'
He was spared when he kept goin'
'Cause he never stopped to talk too long

Why is it so hard to leave this time

2006 William C. Stephens (All rights reserved)