Forty Miles From Nowhere

[Verse 1]

It rained today, the clouds rolled up at dawn

All hell burst wide open and just like that was gone

Your little lap dog chased a fox-tailed squirrel across the main road through the woods

Some ninja on a dirt bike nearly ran him down for good

Right about now, it gets quiet around here

What with nightfall in the wings

The floorboards creak and the faucets leak

But it’s the emptiness that sings

[Chorus 1]

The wind grows chill and then lies still

Forty miles from nowhere at the bottom of the world

[Bridge]

Friends don’t call like they used to

For reasons not unkind

If there’s anything that we can do

Hangs hollow down a telephone line

[Verse 2]

There’s a cedar grove in the back of the house, maybe halfway down the hill

A place to go and just lay low when there's precious time to kill

Well, it’s me your little lap dog and that old brindle cat trying to keep this place alive

Heading into town these days is the last thing on my mind

When the moon is hanging fat and full and all those jangly stars recede

A fold-out couch on a midnight porch is where my footsteps lead

[Chorus 2]

You always said I made my bed

Forty miles from nowhere at the bottom of the world

Forty miles from nowhere at the bottom of the world