Circle Back Songtext
von John Hiatt

My old mom was a sidekick for Raleigh Yates

Drove that wagon train out west
Right along this interstate
′Cross the high plains of Kansas to the Colorado line
Spent a lot of sleepless nights 'round the campfire
They had mountains on their minds
Well, those high plains people, they′re different somehow
You spend your life leanin' into a hard wind
I guess you're less likely to take a bow
All these stories buried out here, they′re callin′ to me

Like the earthquakes in California
Like the hills back in Tennessee

I got to circle back and touch something near
Find out which way to go just to get on out of here
Well, I lost my friend and I've lost some time
But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind


Well, it′s 99 in Topeka, the wind is blowin' hot
Blowin′ through my oldest daughter's hair
With everything else I forgot
I drove her out to college and drove back through an empty space
Thinkin′ back to when she was a baby
Tryin' hard to see that face

I got to circle back and touch something near
Find out which way to go just to get on out of here
Well, I lost my friend and I've lost some time
But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind

Two kids up and at ′em, one more left at home
She′s a spark plug, a real firecracker
And in four years she'll be gone
They just blow through your life like the wind on the plains
Like the dust that covers everything
′Til the rivers fill with rain

I got to circle back and touch something near
Find out which way to go just to get on out of here
Well, I lost my friend and I've lost some time
But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind


Oh yeah
I got to circle back
I got to circle back
Yeah
I got to
I got to circle back
I got to
Got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to
Circle back