Song Description
Leaving Kirksville after a fight with a lover, and needing to go back out of regret...
| Song Length |
4:31 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, Country - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Poignant |
Subject |
Lost Love, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
David Gray, Garth Brooks |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Fifteen miles from Kirksville
And this old highway looks the same
Fifteen miles since she sent me away alone
And now I wish I never came
She took my prayers, she took my bottle
Took my words and gave them back again
Took my guitar and she took my songs
Took all I needed to live
And it seems that some days I'd be better off in bed
Writhing with my thoughts under the sheets
But now no one here can take back all these words said left unsaid
But I'd lay the world at her feet
Lay the whole damned world at her feet
Twenty-three miles now from Kirksville
Cold in the January dark
I pulled the arrows out, but you'll still leave a scar
Your words have hit their mark
How can you take my breath from me without saying a word?
How can you make me be the one to walk away,
But still leave me so hurt?
Half a mile now from Kirksville
And this old town still looks the same
Half a mile from the one I need to live
Man, I hope she's glad I came
If I can stand the sorrow and the shame
Yeah, I hope she's glad I came
Man, I hope she feels the same