Does anybody in the universe know who sings this damn, freaking, wonderful song!?
"Everybody said, "My friend let me warn you, there's earthquakes and rattlesnakes and terrible things."
And it's a long, long way from Clinchport to California in the absence of a strong, reliable set of wings.
But Annabelle she came with me, she rode by my side. Sometimes when I got sleepy I'd let Annabelle drive.
We rode across this nation, we rode a long way. We found a radio station in every town that had nothing to say.
Willie Nelson came over the airwaves and I thought, when I heard the refrain, "It's kinda hard to be a red-headed stranger when the whole Christian world knows your name."
I fought and I struggle just to keep myself awake. I pulled over to the side of the freeway and said, "Annabelle I need a break."
She woke up and she asked me, "Where the hell are we at?" I said, "Maybe Oklahoma. Anywhere, somewhere wide and flat."
When I opened the door and stood upright, it's like standing for the very first time. My knees were numb and my eyesight was blurry as I stepped across that yellow line.
I dreamt I was flying through the hills of my home. I dreamt I'd been abandoned, I'd been left out all alone.
I dreamt of a hillside where the sun hits the street. Guess I must have dreamt of my new life, there in that passenger seat.
When the sun came over the horizon, we'd entered the desert as I slept, and its beauty was so overwhelming that I, I hid my face and I wept.
Everybody said, "My friend let me warn you, there's earthquakes and rattlesnakes and terrible things."
And it's a long, long way from Clinchport to California in the absence of a strong, reliable set of wings.Yeah, but my will was harder than diamonds, and I rode for four straight days and nights.
I was a product of impeccable timing, I guess, but I knew that that trip was my birthright.
My friends, my friends let me warn you, it's a long fucking way from Clinchport to California." -- ???
I'm going insane over this damn song.
Faretheewell folk,
-Talthea (12/5/06)
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Not that anyone follows up on this, but...: the singer's name is AJ Roach!! Thanks to A. & J. (purely coincidental, I should think...) for letting me in on the secret. :-)
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