Talihina Sky

Album: Youth and Young Manhood (2003)
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  • Weeds blow tall on a broken train track
    Ruth B. draws, we're fixin' to get high
    Maybe we'll hit the bluffs
    And find ourselves the same old rum

    But everybody says this place is beautiful
    And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
    But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
    And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly

    Life goes by on a Talihina sky
    The hopped up boys are lookin' for their trouble
    The knocked up girls, well, they've all got their share
    Ruth seems out of her mind, swears she won't give in this time

    But everybody says this place is beautiful
    And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
    But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
    And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly

    Life goes by on a Talihina sky
    Life goes by on a Talihina sky

    But everybody says this place is beautiful
    And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
    But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
    And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly

    Life goes by on a Talihina sky
    Life goes by on a Talihina sky Writer/s: ANGELO T. PETRAGLIA, ANTHONY CALEB FOLLOWILL, IVAN NATHAN FOLLOWILL
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Staley from Dallas, TxNot familiar with the song, but I have been to Talihina. It's at the west end of this incredible scenic drive to Mena, Arkansas. You drive along the top of a long ridge with incredible views in the Ouachitas, and there are scenic overlooks every so often to pull over and get a great look.
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