Story Behind The Song
South Dakota's where my parents split up - where my mother took me and drove to Canada, away from my father. Years later as a young man, I woke up from a dream and realized that all my failed relationships come back to that state.
Song Description
A heartbreaking ballad about love, loss and a dream of leaving someone in South Dakota.
| Song Length |
3:53 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Poignant |
Subject |
State, Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
James Taylor, The Band |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I was driving across South Dakota
In an epic-sort of dream
Clouds were real but you were not what you seem
Couldn't drive so fast
So I let you take the wheel
And the last thing I remember was the feeling
As I hit the ceiling
Hard, so hard,
And I woke up with a jolt
Outside I heard you leaving
So I snapped the bolt back in the door
Cause you said that someday
Someone's going to leave me
And then I'll be so sorry
For the promises and failings
And the emptiness of feelings
I promised you I wrote
You say it all comes down to love
I say it all comes down to South Dakota
I was passing through some dead old town
You were passing through my dreams
And I look back now and wonder what it means
Thought that I could fly
So I let you clip my wings
And I fell and hundred stories to the floor
And remember nothing more until you
Shut the door
I was trying to shut out all the pain
Yeah, I didn't want to cry
When you told me that you lied
When you said
Someday
Someone's going to leave me
And then I'll be so sorry
For the promises and failings
And the emptiness of feelings
I promised you I wrote
You say it all comes down to love
I say it all comes down to South Dakota