Sheridan Zuther

Lyrics

Long dirt road
Fifty-seven Chevy
15 years old
Knowin’ I was ready
To kiss someone
Maybe go steady
Somethin’ fun
Nothin’ too heavy
Never been the kind to waste my time with romantic mumbo-jumbo
It’s more my way to make a lover say: “Where the hell did she go?”

Carefree kids
Feet danglin’ off of the
Old Wood Bridge
Waiting for that moment
The planks would pitch
Trains rolling under
We’d make a wish
Never to grow older
Never been the kind to mourn goodbyes or quote what some wise man spoke
It’s more my way to make the sages say: “Where the hell did she go?”

If you lose your way that far up 52
And stumble on a town that once was all I knew
Don’t blink too fast or you’re bound to her as you’re travelin’ through
That little bit of heaven I could not leave too soon

Summertime job
Radio station
Spinnin’ Dolly Parton
And good ol’ Merle Haggard
Every Saturday night
Main Street draggin’
Then on Sunday mornin’
Back in Chapel prayin’
Never been the kind to sermonize or plead some manifesto
It’s more my way to make a preacher say: “Where the hell did she go?”

After dusk
Rowdy and restless
We’d steal some Bud
And wander past the fences
Act so dumb
We should’ve been arrested
But we were young
And so damn impressive
Never been the kind to make a mess tonight I can’t clean up tomorrow
It’s more my way to leave you in a haze sayin’: “Where the hell did she go?”

And if you lose your way that far up 52
And stumble on a town that was all I knew
Don’t blink too fast or you’re bound pass her as you’re travelin’ through
That little bit of heaven I could not leave…

All those sheds and silos, sky for miles and miles
You held your head up high throughout the years
Tall and tough, but I knew like a bird when the wind blew
I had to fly so far and fast from here

Back home now
Forty odd years later
These prairie houses
Seen better weather
Same small town
Heartland U.S.A
But I can’t seem to see you in the same way
Never been the kind to look too deep inside in search of my soul
But when I try to find that girl again: “Where the hell did she go?”

Now if you lose your way far up 52
And stumble on a town that was all I knew
Don’t blink too fast or you’re bound pass her as you’re travelin’ through
That little bit of heaven I could not leave too... soon
Could not leave too soon
I could not leave too soon
I could not leave too soon, Too soon, Too soon