Oh Ellie

[Verse 1]
Under an open sky
Of ghostly light
A man feels like
He ain't much there

[Verse 2]
But it soothes the mind
That through the passing of time
One's passions and crimes
Will turn to air

[Chorus]
The sun's up, baby, and I'm way past gone, like I knew the way
And every town looks the goddamned same from that bad highway
Home looks just as fleeting as that old river bend
It's just one more place that I'll never see again

[Verse 3]
Well, I heard some say
It's an open plain
That spreads for days
Without a care

[Verse 4]
And it's peopled with
A lonesomeness
That once come across
Just seems to stare

[Chorus]
The sun's up, baby, and I'm way past gone, like I knew the way
And every town looks the goddamned same from that bad highway
Home looks just as fleeting as that old river bend
It's just one more place that I'll never see again

[Verse 5]
Well, I was past Baton Rouge
When I heard the news
And knew it true
I'd been displaced

[Verse 6]
But then I had the thought
That the dream I'd sought
And believed well-fought
Had all been chase

[Bridge]
Oh, Ellie
Why you gotta go girl?
Oh, Ellie
Why you gotta go?
I chased your name
I left good men slain
And hardened my case against the world
All in the name
Of a long-dead flame
And the angry love of a pretty girl

[Chorus]
The sun's up, baby, and I'm way past gone, like I knew the way
And every town looks the goddamned same from that bad highway
Home looks just as fleeting as that old river bend
It's just one more place that I'll never see again