Lyin'
in an open field
Body shakin' with the mornin' chill
I've come a long way
in these few years
But Oklahoma wasn't big enough
No room in Stillwater
To strut my stuff with my
head filled with dreams
I left my childhood there
Dallas, Memphis, old St. Louis
Can't count the places that I've been to
But I'd made up my mind
I was going everywhere
But the honky -tonks
And a lot of hard drinkin'
Met a good -time woman
Up in Lincoln
Well, she took me to the moon
But you know she left me there
Still water, don't you know me
I'm just a lost, woe -down old kid
Tryin' to find his lonely way back home
Can't count the times that
I've been stepped on
Or streets and gutters
that I've slept on still water
I've been gone away much too long
Now I understand that
Kay got tired of waiting
She married well and she's got two babies
That's good to hear
And I hope she's doing fine
But I haven't eaten in about three days
Last night I tried to jump
in the old fast freight
But I fell on the tracks
And I hurt more than
my pride
Stillwater, you're what I'm needin'
My body's broke,
and I'm badly bleedin'
This old frozen field ain't
no fittin' place to die
Your name is like a friend on my lips
I know I don't have too
much time left to still
I'll leave this world with
you on my mind