(written by Kevin Welch)



Somebody's waiting back home in Dallas

With no idea where she has gone

Got her suitcase all packed up

In the back of the pickup

Got her red knee-high luccheses on

She's on any old two-lane

West bound she knows

'Cause she was chasing her shadow

When the sun finally rose

Man, she's just running

It don't matter where

She figures she'll know where she is when she's there



But she didn't leave nothin' she can't do without

That's enough reason for leavin' no doubt

She rolls down the window, turns up a song

Laughs at the weather and says, hello, I'm gone



She broke down in Lubbock

Got it stuck in reverse

So she hitched down the highway

Her little gun in her purse

Got to the station

Stared at the phone

Found herself thinkin' about calling for home



And she didn't leave nothin' she can't do without

That's enough reason for leavin' no doubt

She dropped in a quarter made herself strong

All that she told him was, 'Hello, I'm gone'



Then she called up a tow truck

Said, 'Fix up what's wrong

I'm paying in cash boys

Hello, I'm gone'


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