3000 Miles - Ellis Paul

My name is robert wilson

I’m from eau claire, wisconsin

I’ve been living out of a

Suitcase now for fourteen days…

I walked the boulevard in hollywood

I caught a vegas show that was no good --

Met a dancer there that starred in a broadway play

But it’s a lonely world from this greyhound

Believe me, I’ve been here fourteen days

Three thousand miles

I’ve been here fourteen days

Three thousand miles…

Now twenty-one is as good a guess as any age that I’d confess to

Let’s just say I’m old enough to get away

Back in school, I found the only written truth

On bathroom stalls and telephone booths

I studied awhile, but college got in my way

I’ve learned much more from the back of this greyhound

Believe me, I’ve been here fourteen days

Three thousand miles

I’ve come a long, long way

Three thousand miles…

Have you seen?

The world outside is turning --

And it’s yours --

We were put here for the learning

People talk to themselves on greyhounds

Even the driver strains to hear

They tell the same forgotten story --

Will it fall on forgetful ears?

Down in houston on comes this woman

With two kids and a bottle of booze

And she cracked them both like match heads

Whenever they ventured too close to her fuse

And I sat with a girl from boston

Playing cards for cigarettes

I lost her name with the poker game

But her name I will never forget --

You never forget the view from these windows

Believe me, I’ve been here fourteen days…

Three thousand miles

I’ve come a long, long way

Three thousand miles…