Letter to a Pretty Girl - The Avett Brothers

Hey, hey, Carla

It’s a long way to Missouri

From this highway

East of Roanoke

We had a moment

That felt like summer

Now in slumber

I can see your smile

We drive for miles

Through corporate Ohio

Rest stops in West Virginia

Traffic in Washington DC

But of all the scenes that I see

Played out this window to the left of me

The thought of you it shines

The band plays on, I keep the time

We play in the night time

Awake before sunrise

Wipe the sleep from my eyes

Coffee my best friend

You dance between classes

Complete difficult assignments

Wonder where the time went

Out drinking with your friends

We see a lot of beauty

Some becomes ordinary

Mountains, and canyons, and prairies

Sunset over Chesapeake Bay

Dear, dear Carla

It’s only that I’m askin'

Make time more easy for the passin'

If I knew I would see you again

Of all the beauty that I see

Out this window to the left of me

The thought of you it shines

The band plays on, I keep the time

The time is marked, between the lines

Hmmm… I keep the time