Clay Pigeons - John Prine

I’m going down to the greyhound station

Gonna get a ticket to ride

Gonna find that lady with 2 or 3 kids

And sit down by her side

And ride until the sun comes up and down around me about 2 or 3 times

Smoking cigarettes in the last seat

Trying to hide my sorrow from the people I meet

And get along with it all

Go down where people say y’all

Sing a song with a friend

Change the shape that I’m in

And get back in the game

And start playing again

I’d like to stay but I might have to go to start over again

I might go back down to Texas

I might go somewhere that I never been

And get up in the morning and go out at night

And I won’t have to go home

Get used to being alone

Change the words to this song

And start singing again

I’m tired of running round

Looking for answers to questions that I already know

I could build me a castle of memories

Just to have somewhere to go

Count the days and the nights that it takes

To get back in the saddle again

Feed the pigeons some clay

Turn the night into day

Start talking again when I know what to say

I’m going down to the greyhound station

Gonna get a ticket to ride

Gonna find that lady with 2 or 3 kids

And sit down by her side

And ride until the sun comes up and down around me about 2 or 3 times

Smoking cigarettes in the last seat

Trying to hide my sorrow from the people I meet

And get along with it all

Go down where people say y’all

Feed the pigeons some clay

Turn the night into day

Start talking again when I know what to say