Kathy Mattea - Leaving West Virginia Lyrics
(Tim O'Brien)Late in the day when shadows start to playOn my backdoor and up and down this alleywayI think back on the times with your hand in mineWe sat talking low...late in the dayIt seems you never know a good thing till it goesSlippin' through your fingers...that's just the price I payFor being on my own and doin' the best I canNow I'm alone without a plan...late in the dayNow I pour whiskey, break the icePut my feet up and close my eyesI try hard to listen to what my heart might sayTry to find the rhyme to take me back in timeAnd be with you here...late in the dayNow, I look out over tops of houses and the shopsAs the sun sets, another day does wind downAnd my life is still the same, my lips still call your nameAnd my heart can't hide the pain...late in the dayNow I pour whiskey, break the icePut my feet up and close my eyesI try hard to listen to what my heart might sayTry to find the rhyme to take me back in timeAnd be with you here...late in the dayMy life is still the sameMy lips still call your nameAnd my heart can't hide the painLate in the day
