20 Miles South Of Nowhere

Dan sat at the bar, talkin' about his
 Car with Alice
 She was heading out to Vegas,
 Running from her dark days in Dallas
 She had a brother she could stay
 With,
 Said he didn't know she was coming
 Yeah, but I bet he never guessed what
 Kind of person she was becoming
 Jimmy Moran and his one-man band
 Played every note like it was his last
 He played "Strangers in the Night"
 Too slow
 And always played Neil Diamond
 Songs too fast
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Yeah, me and mine
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Gray-haired Marie watched her
 Sports TV and began to write
 Somethin' down
 Tommy Turrets twitched his regrets that
 The Celtics were coming to town
 Dora came in, she was stinkin' of gin
 She referred to me as "sailor"
 She was beautiful not long ago
 Before everything began to fail her
 Now Will's been in the bathroom for
 So long
 Now he either jumped out the
 Window or died
 Everything's been so dull around this
 Place
 But everything's been done or at least
 Been tried
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Pearls and swine
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Doing my time
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 The Last Chance Lounge on the near
 North Side
 Everybody's watchin' the news
 Music comes back when "Friends"
 Comes on
 Hear Van the Man singing the Irish
 Blues
 Colleen just got a 550 SL
 I wonder what the hell she's doin'
 Here
 She asked me if I wanted to go for
 A ride, I said "Babe, I just ordered a
 Beer"
 She wants everyone to think she's
 Made it,
 But I know her mama bought her
 That
 A guy asked me if I was an artist,
 I said "A con artist, mon frere" and
 Turned my back
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Yeah, me and mine
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Doin' my time
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Pearls and swine
 20 Miles South of Nowhere
 Yeah, me and mine