8980

The flag was torn in a Tuesday tug-of-war
 I was standing there in tatters when the carnie took the floor
 Left my cellphone for a suitcase
 Checked the pockets for a clue—
 There was an atlas
 It reminded me of you
 Chinese dragon inches toward the boarding gate
 Found my seat and told a joke to break the ice, but it broke too late
 The punchline shattered on the carpet
 All our faces turned to shale
 Up the Hudson for a furlough to the rail
 8980 on an overnight train
 Crawling back toward the national pain
 I'm a city boy swimming in the Laramie plain
 Looking for something—
 What it is?
 I just wanna talk to you
 I just wanna talk to you
 I just wanna talk to you
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 Smoke break breathing North Dakota in the snow
 Is difference only distance from the people I don't know?
 'Cause here I am with strangers
 Singing four-part harmony
 Of a pasture undivided to the sea
 8980 on an overnight train
 Crawling back toward the national pain
 I'm a city boy swimming in the Laramie plain
 Looking for something—
 What it is?
 I just wanna talk to you
 I just wanna talk to you
 I just wanna talk to you
 ♪
 Last light sinking in an unfamiliar bed
 Crooked shoulder, crooked conversation
 Running through my head
 Gonna count the trees and taillights
 'Til the hour I'm left to dream
 Of that pasture undivided to the sea
 Undivided to the sea