Clay Pigeons
John Prine

I'm goin' down to the Greyhound station

Gonna by a ticket to ride

I'm gonna find me a lady

With two or three kids

And sit down by her side

Ride till the sun comes up down

'round about two or three times

Smoking cigarettes in the last seat

Sing a song for the people I meet

And get along with it all

Where the people say y'all

Sing a song with a friend

Change the shape that I'm in

And get back in the game

And start playin' again


I'd like to stay

But I might have to go

And start over again

I might go back down to Texas

Or go to somewhere that I've never been

And get up in the morning

And go out at night

And I don't have to go home

Get used to being alone

Change the words to this song

And start singin' again


*********************


I'm tired of runnin' 'round lookin' for answers

To questions that I already know

I could build me a castle with memories

Just to have somewhere to go

Count the days and the nights

That it takes to get back in the saddle again

Feed the pigeons some clay

Turn the night into day

And start talkin' again

Where you know what to say


I'm goin' down to the Greyhound station

Gonna by a ticket to ride

I'm gonna find me a lady

With two or three kids

And sit down by her side

Ride till the sun comes up down

'round about two or three times

Smoking cigarettes in the last seat

Sing a song for the people I meet

And get along with it all

Where people say y'all

Feed the pigeons some clay

Turn the night into day

And start talkin' again

When you know what to say


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