Milltowns

歌詞

You were a legend when I met you Introduced by a mutual friend I laughed when you called me "Grasshopper" Though I didn't know what it meant We stayed up all night drinking Most of it is still a blur But I remember picking along while you sang every song By Mississippi John Hurt And the way you got so serious When you told me you invented the blues Then you smiled in that way I could never tell If you didn't really think it was true Now I'm driving through these milltowns Down empty moonlit streets Where the vacant storefront windows look like missing teeth They disappear into my rearview All along the rural route I pray for all that can't be rescued After everything goes south On a split bill up in Portland I was getting ready to go on You said, "Grasshopper, you sing 'Birches' I've been singing it for too long" So, I sang it like I'd written it Though I wished you hadn't asked I couldn't shake that feeling Like something had been passed You watched from behind the curtain And I never will forget How your pulling on that bourbon Looked like Russian Roulette Now I'm driving through these milltowns Down empty moonlit streets Where the vacant storefront windows look like missing teeth They disappear into my rearview All along the rural route I pray for all that can't be rescued After everything goes south