Thirty Years

Girl it's been a long time--sorry to make you wait

But this heart is a like a tired old freight train

And it's going to take some time to unwind

I've been staring out the door of this box car
As the world rolls away think'n why a man 

wants to be lonely and loves the sky so grey

And you know what babe? It's not that

I don't love you. It's not that I don't care

It's just everything I've been through 

To get to here from there

I've chugged through all these hose-stop towns

Climbed o'er every mountain pass
A blanket of stars when the sun goes down
Tucked in that mournful whistle blast

With the moon as my mistress every night
Sweet companion wherever I roam
Thoughts travel on rails so straight and so right
I am least lonely when I'm alone

For thirty years --you know it was  true
Even the thirty  --I spent with her

Now all that's left I give to you

Am I'm sure that I'm sure that I'm sure

You are my Angel from Montgomery

My something to hold on to song

You are that missing part of me

When everything else is gone

I'm gonna get back on this train tonight

And travel with the big fat moon

It's been this way all of my life

But I'll be coming to see you soon

Yeah... I'm coming to see you soon