I love North Dakota cause you have never been there
and the days go on forever and the towns all look the same
and I can ride the back roads and I can walk the main streets
and show someone your picture but they would not know your name
This city is so gloomy I could stay in bed for hours
maybe that`s why I`m still lying here asking you for more
and this never would have happened if you hadn`t touched my elbow
in that steamy crowded car heading down the western shore
And you take me to pieces your eye sees my favorite me
and I don`t know your word for it but you know what I mean
cause there`s nothing I like better than to watch you flirting with the waitress
that`s the most inspiring thing that I have ever seen
And those times when you fight it it`s just the way I like it
And I wonder what I`m choosing I wonder what I`m losing
Cause at four o`clock this morning you told me the story
of a friend who couldn`t stomach all the love that came from you
and oh the straight up deep hurt of you
and I don`t think that I can handle anything so true
And that`s why I am leaving and that`s why I won`t call you
I am getting in the taxi and I`m heading for the plane
but I still can feel you breathing I still can hear your fingers play
and I still can see you standing in the window pane
And I`m watching your goodbye and I`m trying to cry
Guess I`m not built for this load guess it`s back to the road
So now Delaware is tollbooths Virginia is twilight
and Michigan`s beef jerky in a small boy`s hand
and Arkansas` a skinny cop Oregon is purple hands
and Flagstaff Arizona is delirium at night
And I love North Dakota cause you have never been there
and the days go on for hours and the towns all look the same
and I can ride the back roads and I can walk the main streets
and I could show everyone your picture but they would not know your name
I love, I love, I love
North Dakota
