Derek Nelson - Ballad Of Big Shoulders lyrics

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There was pavement laid on diamonds <br>a sky was built on smoke <br>an old man is dealing newspapers <br>in a place where no one goes. <br> <br>There's a wind that's got me sideways <br>like those treaties Old Boy signed <br>and a landscape strewn with lovers <br>who just can't stay inside <br>and I can't stay inside. <br> <br>i've been thinking 'bout a letter <br>that Blind Boy Grunt did write <br>said hope's just a word <br>at least, that's what you learn <br>at the Grand Canyon at night. <br> <br>You'll hear a Ballad of Big Shoulders <br>that town I left behind <br>The nervous girl, she waits for me <br>knows I'll be there by night <br>and I'll be there by night. <br> <br>I saw a river cutting through us <br>a train engine on fire <br>a crowd of strangers huddle close <br>they're riding the Red Line. <br> <br>I remember when I met her <br>in a town not much like this <br>in a street-level apartment <br>in a room she's made me miss. <br> <br>i've been thinking 'bout a letter <br>that Blind Boy Grunt did write <br>said hope's just a word <br>least, that's what you learn <br>at the Grand Canyon at night <br> <br>You'll hear a Ballad of Big Shoulders <br>that town I left behind <br>The nervous girl, she waits for me <br>she knows I'll be there by night. <br>and I'll be there by night. <br> <br>You'll hear a Ballad of Big Shoulders <br>that town I left behind <br>The nervous girl, she waits for me <br>she knows I'll be there by night. <br>and I'll be there by night. <br>so rest your weary eyes <br>'cause I'll be there by night<br>