I´m cuttin´ ties with things that bind my heart to this world
I love you and I´m willin´ but I cannot keep you, girl
Philly by the morning and Ohio by the night

The thing about a long rope is you can´t hold on too tight

Wooden floors and coffee cups
Stepped on and all used up
But I reckon that´s what mornings are for
And everyone thinks they know me now
In these close-minded leave-me towns
But I´m too young to even know myself

There´s wheels runnin´ down the interstate
Lord, I´ll wait another day, ´cause I ain´t close to you
There´s time tickin´ on the interstate
And Lord, I hate that I ain´t close to you

And all my friends have moved away
Some got jobs and some got saved

They talk to me like I´m still that kid
The fightin´, fiendin´, Okie son
The restless, reckless, hopeful one
Who once was proud of everything he did
Do you remember twenty-five
Long legs and lovin´ time?
Seems like ten lifetimes ago
I´m cuttin´ ties with things that bind my heart to this world
I love you and I´m willin´, but I really have to go

There´s wheels runnin´ down the interstate
But, Lord, I´ll wait another day, ´cause I ain´t close to you
There´s time tickin´ on the interstate
I´m fightin´ fate
And, Lord, I hate that I ain´t close to you

I´m cuttin´ ties with things that bind my heart to this world
I love you and I´m willing, but I cannot keep you, girl
Philly by the morning and Ohio by the night
The thing about high hopes is you can´t hold on too tight