Speed Of Snd Of Loneliness

SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS

Recorded by Nancy Griffith

Written by John Prine

INSTRUMENTAL (C F G7 C twice, first time slowly)

You come home late and you come home early

You come on big when you're feelin' small

You come home straight and you come home curly

Sometimes you don't come home at all

So what in the world's come over you

And what in heavens name have you done

You broken the speed of the sound of loneliness

You're out there runnin' just to be on the run

Well I've got a heart that burns with a fever

And I've got a worried and a jealous mind

How can a love that'll last forever

Now get left so far behind

INSTRUMENTAL (Same as chorus)

It's mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow

It's crossed the evil line today

How can you ask about tomorrow

When we ain't got one word to say

CHORUS (Repeated twice)

You're out there runnin' just to be on the run (Repeated twice)

INSTRUMENTAL (C F G7 C)