[Verse 1] There’s a road outside of town I remember it in gold Though I know it must’ve rained there More than half the days I’m told There’s a girl beside the window With a notebook on her knees Writing songs about the city Like the city was a key She had thunder in her pocket She had daylight in her hair She thought leaving made you honest She thought wanting got you there [Pre-Chorus] But the past puts on perfume When it knows you’re coming home And it smiles in every doorway Like it never left you alone [Chorus] I can see those bright lights From a thousand miles away I can hear that last train Like it left here yesterday But the truth gets soft and pretty When you frame it through the rain And the girl I used to be Is just a trip down memory lane [Verse 2] There’s a glass beside the table There’s a song I used to sing About water, wine, and waiting For a telephone to ring There’s a diner after midnight There’s a man I almost knew There’s a dress I couldn’t pay for There’s a dream I talked into I remember being fearless But I think that’s just the light ’Cause I cried behind the station On a cold September night [Pre-Chorus] Now the city calls me darling And the strangers know my name But some mornings I still wake up Feeling almost just the same [Chorus] I can see those bright lights From a thousand miles away I can hear that last train Like it left here yesterday But the truth gets soft and pretty When you frame it through the rain And the girl I used to be Is just a trip down memory lane [Bridge] I miss her in the mirror With her suitcase and her pride I miss the way she thought the world Was waiting on the other side But she believed in every promise She mistook the smoke for signs She would’ve loved the things that hurt me She would’ve called them mine So I bless her from a distance And I let the whistle fade Some homes are only holy Once you’ve learned you cannot stay [Final Chorus] I can see those bright lights From a thousand miles away I can hear that last train Like it left here yesterday But the past is not a country I could live in without pain And the girl I used to be Is just a trip down memory lane [Outro] Memory lane Soft as a song Memory lane Don’t keep me too long I loved who I was I love who remains But I can’t go back Down memory lane
