Lyrics James McMurtry

James McMurtry

Ain't Got a Place

The skies are taller in Louisiana

The skies are wider in New Mexico

The skies in Texas kinda split the difference

They don't suit me no matter where I go

I ain't got a place

I ain't got a place in this world

I ain't got a place

I ain't got a place in this world I know

Rivers run east out of West Virginia

Rivers run west down in Tennessee

A river runs north out of South Dakota

None of that makes a damn to me

I ain't got a place

I ain't got a place in this world

I ain't got a place

I ain't got a place in this world I know

You ask me where I'm coming from

I'm not sure I can say

You ask me where I'm headed I'll just grin

Don't ask too many questions

I'll be coming back to stay

You know not to ask me where I've been

I'm looking up at a constellation

Looking down at the frozen ground

Looking out for all my interests

Looking in just brings me down

I ain't got a place...