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he did a midnight

Logan Airport run

didn't want to say goodbye

he knew they'd try

to talk him down to earth

that his ma would wail and cry

cheapest flight

outta town

worth the while

a hop to Orlando

he didn't know what he'd do there

he just knew that it was time to go


to somewhere

other than here

where hour's now

and nothin's planned

where whispers tease

wild possibilities

where night's a child who waits

for one with guts enough

to take her hand


when you're six-gun young

with pocket money

gotta get it spent

better some bills than years

to be left wonderin'

a where they went

they say to tuck away

so you got somethin'

ten years down the track

but he bought a beer

and one way ticket

nothin' left for even greyhound back


to somewhere

other than here

where hour's now

and nothin's planned

where whispers tease

wild possibilities

where night's a child who waits

for one with guts enough

to take her hand


some people

can't find trouble

right in front their face

others get lost in a maze

can't even find the start line

for the race

his mama begged

promise that you'll be

slow to trust and fast to flee

but he said I ain't promise nothin'

'bout a future I can barely see

and I won't get caught

waitin' on a world won't wait on me


goin' somewhere

other than here

where hour's now

and nothin's planned

where whispers tease

wild possibilities

where night's a child who waits

for someone nuts enough

to take her hand

where night's a child who waits

for one with guts enough

to take her hand

where night's a child who waits

for one with guts enough

to take her hand