A Long Way From Wall Street
A young man is tired of living in New York so he enters into the desert for his salvation. An old timer and local trys to point out the mistake in his thinking
Canadian singer songwriter,indie artist.
taking folk music to new destinations.
Lyrics
You're a long long way from wall street now your cell phone will not work. This hell hole aint no paradise for you office clerks. So,tell me son why did you leave that damn old yankee town.Is it piece of mind you seek or did a woman let you down.So,here you are down in no man's land where heartaches come alive. You think you had it rough back east, well the desert will take your life You might have dodged a cab or two but luck may not survive. Out here miss liberty is lost, so kiss that girl goodbye..Well now Haggard's gulch is quiet boy,ghost towns are much the same. There's nothing in here moving cept the wind and the dust she claims.Sure stick around and rest yourself you'll only go insane, and tell me now, I needs to know, just why the hell you came.What's that you are a fool who just walk out of the rain.You lost it when you found the truth was but a crying shame. All those bastards in their ivory towers and beggars in the streets. All want what you could not give, and that's just why you came..Now, Lloydville has some hulla girl, there's nothing here my freind. Unless you want to drown yourself in the oasis round the bend. There's not a pretty woman here just a still of miss Magdalen.No manger here no wise men boy,just one dog eared Gideon. So go now before the vulture preys apon your carcas lean. This ain't no place for a city boy to turn nightmares into dreams. Go now before you loose your mind and end up just like me. I used to be a yankee now I'm not what I must seem. Go now you before you loose your mind can't you see what sweet freedom has done to me.
