Eric Andersen - Goin' Home lyrics

She made for the highway He made for the gate He could've caught the rhythm Something made him hesitate He watched her flag a truck down To the county line The border she was crossin' Was only in her mind But there was something bitter in The flavor of the chase When you've been down and low before That darkened interstate When it's going, going, gone Where love is muddy water And love is broken sails When love is double crossing Kisses and betrayals Baby, what is happening? Will you pa** the gla**? Pour me something special Something that will last My eyes are going under And my voice is growing thin It all seems too familiar Is it somewhere where I've been When it's going, going, gone I've been living here too long Trying to find out why Too many unanswered questions And the truth just vaporized Shirley Temple was a puppet Will Rogers was a clown And now nobody cares to say What is going on Take all your ideals And throw them in the flood All your knives and needles Are on [?] When it's going, going, gone Paint on the cathedrals Is chipping and it's cracked Where they once had kneeled They no longer look back The footprints in San Marco's Like some broken-down corral Our prayers were like a rosary Into the Grand Can*l I wonder how she wakes up And the light inside her room I wonder how she holds herself While staring at the moon When it's going, going, gone [x5]