[Intro]
    x2

[Verse 1]
             
I give my two 

              
weeks in two w

     
eeks
             
Guess it's way

              
 past my time
             
I never crosse

              
d that white r

     
iver
             
Never felt the

            
 other side

[Chorus]
             
Or the coldest

            
 Colorado, or 

              
the hottest Lo

        
uisiana
             
Or the driest 

            
Mojave, I will

              
 write you whe

        
n I can
            
Every songbird

             
 sings its tun

            
e, as it chase

              
s the wailing 


moon
            
And I can't fo

             
llow, somethin

              
g that does no

       
t move

   

[Verse 2]
             
I've been walk

              
ing these same

         
 streets
             
I've been unde

              
r this old spe

   
ll
             
And in all hon

     
esty
             
I fear purgato

              
ry more than I

           
 fear hell

[Chorus]
             
Or the coldest

            
 Colorado, or 

              
the hottest Lo

        
uisiana
             
Or the driest 

            
Mojave, I will

              
 write you whe

        
n I can
            
Every songbird

             
 sings its tun

            
e, as it chase

              
s the wailing 


moon
            
And I can't fo

             
llow, somethin

              
g that does no

        
t move

[Bridge]
             
All this educa

            
tion, still on

              
ly one thing t

      
hat I know
             
Sometimes you 

             
gotta break so

              
meone else's h

             
eart, so you c

              
an grow your o

    
wn

      
(Sing some ooh

 oh's and aah 

ah's)

[Chorus]
             
Or the coldest

            
 Colorado, or 

              
the hottest Lo

        
uisiana
             
Or the driest 

            
Mojave, I will

              
 lay down in t

        
he sand
            
Every songbird

             
 sings its tun

            
e, as it chase

              
s the wailing 


moon
            
And I can't fo

             
llow, somethin

              
g that does no

       
t move

[Outro]
       
(Sing some mor


e ooh oh's and

 aah ah's)