Heartbreaks Like State Lines Lyrics

I heard the news

A week ago

One of my good friends had up and left his lover

I always worry

They'll leave me too

My friends will fade and I'll never recover

I knew she must be blue, so though I didn't know her

I ran to her apartment to console her

We cooked and watched TV until I left for my vacation

Two lonely strangers only can grow closer.

Connecting from DC

I felt it oceanically

That in this moment, nothing can go wrong

The loss I felt a year ago

Is tiny from up here, I know

New joy will come and old woe will be gone.

Strip malls and doublewides

Gas stations and construction sites

Way up above it all, I see for miles

The loss we're breaking under now

Someday we'll feel the same about

May we fly over heartbreaks like state lines.

I heard the news

A week ago

One of my good friends had up and left his lover

I always worry I'll lose mine too

But I look at her, she's still alive, and she'll recover.

In Charleston, jazz was playing in the theater

The market buzzed with artists, cooks, and weavers

A wonderful goodbye to all the good times I'll be losing

Hello to all the good times growing nearer.