Forty Miles From Nowhere Lyrics

It rained today
The clouds rolled up at dawn
All hell burst wide open
And just like that, it was gone
Your little lapdog chased a foxtail squirrel
Across the main road through the woods
And some ninja on a dirt bike
Nearly ran him down for good

Right about now, it gets quiet around here
What with the nightfall in the wings
The floorboards creak and the faucets leak
But it′s the emptiness that sings
The wind grows chill
And then lies still
Forty miles from nowhere
At the bottom of the world
Friends don't call like they used to
For reasons not unkind
"If there′s anything that we can do"
Hangs hollow down the telephone line

There's a cedar grove in the back of the house
Maybe halfway down the hill
A place to go and just lay low
Where there's precious time to kill
Well, it′s me, your little lapdog, and that old brindle cat
Tryna keep this place in line
Headed into town these days
Is the last thing on my mind
When the moon is hangin′ fat and full
And all those jangly stars recede
A fold-out couch on a midnight porch
Is where my footsteps lead
You always said
I made my bed
Forty miles from nowhere
At the bottom of the world
Forty miles from nowhere
At the bottom of the world