Miles To Go

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Gypsy
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


She’s a gypsy, she can’t settle down
She’s got the road in her veins and a fire in her bones
She’s a wanderer, by the time you get to know her
She’ll be out the door and down the road, she’ll be long gone
 
She came into this world in small town America
Where the houses withered silently
And the land stretched out just as far as you could see
By the time she could crawl, they’d have to fetch her from the street
 
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At seventeen she left home for good
To see the places she’d read about in books
She crossed miles of prairie, hills and mountains, towns and cities
Hoppin’ freight trains, hitchin’ rides, sailing far across the sea
 
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Every new place she collects like a charm on a bracelet
Every new love she discovers another bright star to chart
She arrives with nothing but the clothes on her back
And she always leaves behind another heart on the mend
 
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Too Much Time
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


It was those blue eyes that got me good
I saw an angel ‘stead of what I should
I stuck by you without a care or concern
How did I miss your insincerity and wind up getting burned?
 
Well I’ve spent too much time and I’ve been far too kind
Stayin’ by your side, why was I so blind?
I’m gonna take what’s mine and leave you far behind
I’ve wasted too much time with you
 
Is there a remedy for my wounded pride?
Can I plead insanity? Lord, I’m gonna try
Wish I could find a way to get back what I lost
Instead I’ll suck it up and chalk it up to my bad luck
 
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If It Were Real
by Andrea Peterman
© Highway W Music (ASCAP)


She quit her job and drove home
She smashed the TV on the patio
There’ll be no more deadlines or overtime
There’ll be no more noise at night.
 
It’s just a daydream, but if it were real
If it were real, that’d be all right
It’s just a fantasy, but if it were real
If it were real, that’d be all right
 
Woke up this morning in a different town
Streets were quiet and still
Sunlight filtered through her window pane
Flowers filled her windowsill
 
It’s just a daydream, but if it were real
If it were real, that’d be all right
It’s just a fantasy, but if it were real
If it were real, that’d be all right
 
She scans the city streets below/And searches for resolve
Blaring signs of a life in disarray/Only seven floors to fall
 
It’s just a daydream, but if it were real
If it were real, would it be all right?
It’s only a fantasy, but if it were real
If it were real, would it be all right?
Can she find a way to make it right?
Will it ever be all right?
Ooh-ooh….
 
 
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Take Me Home
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)

 
Take me home, take me home
I’ve been gone so long I’ve forgotten how to get there on my own
Take me home, take me home
I need a place to call my own, won’t you take me home?
 
Been up and down the streets of the eastern cities
The mountains and the beaches of the West
Every place between that would take me
Now I’m aching for an old, familiar place to rest
 
Take me home, take me home
I’ve been gone so long I’ve forgotten how to get there on my own
Take me home, take me home
I need a place to call my own, won’t you take me home?
 
My feet are tired of wandering the back roads
My eyes are tired of searching for some truth
My back is tired of carrying the same load
I guess I’m tired of living like I don’t have much to lose
 
Take me home, take me home
I need the place I once called home, won’t you take me home?
 
Take me home, take me home
I’ve been gone so long I’ve forgotten how to get there on my own
Take me home, take me home
I need a place to call my own, won’t you take me home?
I need the place I once called home, won’t you take me home?
 
 
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You’re Full Of It
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


You’re full of it
And I’m over it
I don’t know how you strung me along for so long
I don’t know why I’m not already gone
 
I’m through kissin’
I’m through listenin’
To all the stories you tell when you walk through the door
Darling, what do you take me for?
 
Did you think I wouldn’t find out?
Word travels fast in this town
I won’t put up with your lies, honey
Or with your sneakin’ around
 
I’m outta here
You had your chance, dear
You could’ve treated me fine, brought me roses and wine
Instead you just handed me lines
 
You’re full of it …
 
Did you think I wouldn’t find out?
Word travels fast in this town
I won’t put up with your lies, honey
Or with your sneakin’ around
 
I’m outta here
You had your chance, dear
I don’t know how you strung me along for so long
I don’t know why I’m not already gone
I think tomorrow I will be gone
 
 
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Drunk Again
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


Woke up this morning
My head was poundin’
I reached for the aspirin bottle beside the bed
Knocked it over
So hungover
Why do I do it?
Drunk again
 
Late last night I was feelin’ alright.
The party was getting started, but you were tired
You said “Let’s go”
I said “Hell no”
Why did I do it?
Drunk again
 
I know you’re mad
And it’s my bad
Won’t you accept my apology
Please, baby, please?
 
I’m so lonely without you here beside me
I called six times, but you won’t pick up the phone
Are we through, dear?
That’s what I fear
Is it because I got drunk again?
 
I know you’re mad
And it’s my bad
Won’t you let me say I’m sorry
Please, baby, please?
 
I know you’re mad
And it’s my bad
Won’t you let me say I’m sorry
Please, baby, please?
 
I’m so lonely without you here beside me
I called 12 times but you won’t pick up the phone
I guess we’re through, dear. You’ve made that clear
And it’s all because I got drunk again
 
You know I tried
But it seems I lied
When I promised I’d never get
Drunk again.
 
 
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Me And A Bottle
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


Me and a bottle alone here tonight
Waxing poetic til morning light
I close my eyes, but sleep won’t come
It’s just me and a bottle when you’re gone
Me and a bottle to keep me warm
 
The air hangs heavy ‘neath the summer moon
But a winter chill runs through my bones
I take another drink, stare at the sky
Wish you were here by my side
Wish you were here by my side
 
It’s two weeks since you’re down the road
It’s two a.m. and I’m on my own
How many nights will I cry, wishing I
Was the one you were looking for?
 
The night drags on with wasted hours
I dwell upon our little wars
Another tale of love gone wrong
Me and a bottle now you’re gone
It’s just me and a bottle now you’re gone
 
It’s two weeks since you’re down the road
It’s two a.m. and I’m on my own
How many nights will I cry, wishing I
Was the one you were looking for?
 
It’s two weeks since you’re down the road
It’s two a.m. and I’m on my own
How many nights will I cry, sleep-deprived, wishing I
Was the one you were looking for?
 
The night drags on with wasted hours
I dwell upon our petty wars
Chalk up another love long gone
Empty the bottle and wait for dawn
Empty the bottle and wait for dawn
It’s just me and a bottle now you’re gone
 
 
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Last Night’s Burn
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


Rain’s coming down on a pile of ash
Left in a ring from last night’s burn
Washing away what got said
When the tables turned
 
I pull my coat closer
And brace against the wind
Brace against the next time
That I see you again
 
Ooh…
 
We walked together
but we moved alone
Eyes staring straight ahead
averting the wrong
 
And then you asked me
Why I don’t look at you the same
I could not answer
You know him by name
 
Ooh…
 
Flames burned low
Casting shadows across the sky
You knew the truth
By the absence of my lies
 
I whispered sorry, baby
But you turned away
Leaving me alone
To watch our fire fade away
 
Ooh…
 
Rain’s coming down on a pile of ash
Left in a ring from last night’s burn
Washing away what I lost
When the tables turned
 
 
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Why Don’t You Love Me
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


Why don’t you love me like you did before
Won’t you give me an answer before you shut the door
I’ve been blindsided by your big news.
It would have been nice to have gotten some clues.
 
Was it something I said? Usually that’s how it goes…
Was it something I did that’s got you saying no?
 
Why won’t you tell me why we’re no longer a pair
I just need to know, I won’t cry, I swear.
If you’d only tell me why our love’s in the ground
I might do better the next guy around.
 
Was it something I said? Usually that’s how it goes…
Was it something I did that’s got you saying no?
 
Why don’t you love me
Why don’t you love me
Why don’t you love me anymore
 
Was it something I said? Usually that’s how it goes…
Was it something I did that’s got you saying no?
 
Oh, why won’t you tell me why we’re no longer a pair
I just need to know, I won’t cry, I swear.
If you’d only tell me why our love’s in the ground
I might do better the next guy around.
 
Was it something I said? Usually that’s how it goes…
Was it something I did that’s got you saying no?
 
Why don’t you love me
Why don’t you love me
Why don’t you love me anymore
 
 
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Don’t Mind Me
by Andrea Peterman
Highway W Music (ASCAP)


Don’t mind me alone on the road
Don’t mind me alone on the road
Don’t mind me alone on the road
Don’t mind me alone on the road
 
I’ve gone 800 miles on blue highways
I’ve got at least 800 to go
Before the ties that bind me down start fraying
Snap and let me go
 
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I see you trying to catch my eye
I wish you’d just let me be
I’ve got too much baggage already
And I don’t need more company
 
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I’ve got chain link fences behind me
I’ve got a big sky staring me down
I’ve got asphalt crumbling beneath my weight
And my wheels horizon bound
 
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