Small Town Boy

You leave in the morning With everything you own In a little black case Alone on a platform The wind and the rain On a sad and lonely face Mother will never understand Why you had to leave But the answers you seek Will never be found at home The love

Well he wore my name in a tattoo on his arm And in a tender voice he said he'd wait for me Yeah you're dreams are bigger than some red dirt farm But the grass on the other side ain't always green. Then, I, said good bye, and on those silver wings he