Red Dog Ash

Red Dog Ash - Turns On a Dime lyrics

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Forty-five miles outside of Stockton

On the highway he walks through the night

Hoping for a ride clear to Austin

Where is brother said his mother is dying

He’s a long way from home, he’s been gone a long time

A man’s life can turn on a dime

He’s seen it before if he’s seen it just once

Watch the sun break on a thin red line

From L.A. all the way up to Pasco

No direct route just move on some more

He always arrives when it’s just time go

Like friends cross to that other shore

Pick fruit in the orchards, run timber downstream

Kick back till the times get too lean

He’s seen it before if he’s seen it just once

Too much money gonna make you unclean

Take 99 south to the end of the line

And I’ll shut my eyes on the way

Then from Phoenix to Midland, the great Texas north

Roll in to town close of day

Who knows, I might even stay

When he drifts off the dreams pass before him

Of a childhood that’s almost just right

Of a small sleepy town and a steady west wind

Where the sun sets and burns off its light

He’s a stranger here, a stranger there

If you see him at all you just stare

He’s seen it all before if he’s seen it just once

And it’s been damn near too much to bear

The skyline shows up with the morning

His heart race ahead with the time

Then he slows down and stops without warning

Draws a cool breath and turns on a dime

He’s too far from home, just a few miles away

His mother passed just before day

He’s seen it before if he’s seen it just once

You don’t show up you can’t ever stay

Take 99 south to the end of the line

And I’ll shut my eyes on the way

Then from Phoenix to Midland, the great Texas north

Roll in to town close of day

But this time I don’t think I’ll stay<br />

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